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will  qot  regret  it,  and  hopiqg  that  all  will  returq  two  years  r]ence,  I  beg 
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Sincerely, 

J,  L,  PICKERING, 

Springfield,  Marcrj,  1893. 


328. 


JOHN     P.    ALTOBLD, 

Governor  of  Illinois. 


LEGISLATIVE   SOU  VEX  IK. 


THE  GOVERNOR. 

It  is  an  honor  to  be  the  chief  execu- 
tive over  four  millions  of  people.  It 
is  a  greater  honor  to  be  chosen  chief 
executive  under  the  peculiar  conditions 
that  maintained  during  the  fierce  cam- 
paign of  1892  in  Illinois.  Illinois  was 
admitted  to  the  Union  in  1818,  and  im- 
mediately its  sparse  population  decid- 
ed almost  unanimously  for  the  princi- 
ples of  Jefferson  and  Madison  and 
Monroe.  There  was  no  break  in  the 
phalanx  of  democratic  victories  from 
that  time  until  '56,  when  a  combina- 
tion of  slavery,  ktiownothingism  and 
restlessness  at  the  arrogance  of  dem- 
ocratic leaders  turned  the  state  over  to 
the  Republicans — which  party  almost 
immediately  after  the  election  absorb- 
ed the  majorit}-  of  the  "American" 
element,  which  was  a  considerable 
factor  in  the  campaign  of  '56.  Buchan- 
an's electors  carried  the  state,  also. 
From  that  day  to  Jan.  10,  1893,  there 
was  no  serious  break  in  the  republi- 
can column,  except  in  '62.  To  be  sure 
the  legislature  was  democratic  until 
'65,  and  a  fusion  with  the  greenbackers 
enabled  them  to  elect  a  superintendent 
of  public  instruction  in  '74.  But  for 
over  thirty  years  Illinois  was  set  down 
as  g-ood  for  25,000  to  50,000  republican 
plurality.  The  result  of  last  fall's 
election  dazed  republicans  and  dem- 
ocrats. While  Michigan,  Iowa,  Kan- 
sas, Wisconsin,  Ohio  and  other  rock- 
bound  republican  states  had  at  times 
wandered  from  the  path  of  republi- 
canism, it  was  believed  that  nothing- 
could  affect  Illinois. 

And  so  the  democrats  entered  the 
campaign  of  '92  without  hope.  Gov. 
John  P.  Altgeld  expected  to  be  elect- 
ed, and  those  nearest  him  predicted  it 
with  confidence.  The  energ-y,  ability 
and  talent  for  organization,  possessed 
by  the  democratic  candidate  for  gov- 
ernor in  a  great  measure  decided  the 
contest.  Judge  Altgeld's  promise  to 
the  convention  that  his  "would  be  a 
strictly  business  administration,"  if 
elected,  is  being-  carried  out.  He  is  a 
business  man  who  applies  business 
principles  in  the  discharge  of  his  offi- 
cial duties.  And  he  demands  qualifi- 
cations other  than  party  service — al- 
though that  is  also  necessarjr — from 
the  men  he  appoints  to  office.  He  has 
filled  the  more  important  places  with 
men  who  will  carry  out  his  policy,  and 
the  press  has  generally  endorsed  them. 

John  P.  Altgeld  was  born  in  Prus- 
sia in  1848,  and  came  to  this  country 


with  his  parents  when  a  boy,  the 
father  settling-  on  a  farm  near  "Mans- 
field, Ohio.  At  this  early  date  he  be- 
gan to  show  those  studious  traits  and 
mental  powers  that  have  since  raised 
him  to  eminence.  He  worked  hard 
and  studied  his  books  when  he  could 
steal  a  few  minutes.  He  attended  the 
schools  when  work  on  the  farm  was 
not  pressing,  and  at  the  age  of  16  en- 
listed in  Co.  C,  164th  O.  Inf.,  and  went 
to  the  front,  participating  in  the  cam- 
paign of  Grant  that  closed  the  war. 
Returning  home  he  spent  the  next  few 
years  alternately  teaching  school, 
studying  and  working  as  a  farm  hand. 
Then  he  went  west  to  St.  Louis  where 
he  read  law  in  a  desultory  way.  and 
afterwards  in  the  office  of  Haven  & 
Rea,  Savannah,  Mo.  His  industry 
and  faculty  for  diving  to  the  heart  of 
his  subject  brought  clients,  fame  and 
prosperity.  In  '74  he  was  elected  pros- 
ecuting attorney  of  Andrew  county, 
but  in  October,  '75,  he  resigned  his 
office,  sold  his  furniture  and  moved 
to  Chicago.  He  took  little  interest  in 
politics  for  several  years,  but  in  '84 
ran  for  congress  in  an  overwhelming 
republican  district.  He  was  defeated, 
but  cut  down  the  republican  majorit}". 
In  '86  without  solicitation  on  his  part 
he  was  nominated  for  superior  judge 
of  Cook  county,  at  that  time  about 
12,000  republican.  He  hesitated  some 
time  before  accepting,  but  finally  did 
so,  and  so  thorough  a  canvas  did  he 
make,  and  so  perfect  was  his  organiza- 
tion, that  notwithstanding  defections 
from  the  democratic  part_v  and  quar- 
rels within  the  ranks,  he  was  elected 
by  a  large  majority',  the  laboring  men 
being  especially  active  in  his  interest. 
A  multiplicity  of  private  interests 
compelled  him  to  resign  his  place  on 
the  bench  in  August,  '91.  He  has  be- 
come quite  wealthy,  principally  by 
shrewd  buying  and  selling  of  real  es- 
tate in  Chicago,  a  proper  field  for  a 
man  with  capital  and  sharp  business 
instinct.  He  also  has  been  interested 
in  street  railways  in  various  cities. 
He  was  nominated  for  governor  on  the 
first  ballot  in  the  democratic  conven- 
tion in  April,  '92,  and  made  two  hard 
canvasses  of  the  state — one  a  prelimi- 
nary trip  in  which  he  visited  ever\' 
county  to  learn  the  conditions,  and 
give  instructions  for  organization,  and 
another  to  address  the  people  on  the 
issues  of  the  da}'.  In  '78  he  married 
Miss  Emma  Fo'rd,  an  accomplished 
lady  who  has  already  become  very 
popular  in  Springfield  society. 


LEGISLATIVE  SOUYKNIK. 


THE  LIEUTENANT  GOVERNOR. 


Joseph  B.  Gill,  President  of  the  Sen- 
ate and  Lieutenant  Governor,  served 
two  terms  in  the  house  in  '89  and  '91 
and  was  nominated  on  the  first  ballot 
in  April,  '92,  for  lieutenant  governor 
by  the  democratic  state  convention. 
He  was  born  on  a  farm  near  Marion, 
Williamson  county,  Feb.  17,  1862,  and 
is  the  youngest  lieutenant  governor 
ever  elected  in  this  state.  In  '63  his 
family  moved  to  De  Soto,  Jackson 
county,  and  in  '68  to  Murphysboro, 


About  the  first  office  he  asked  from 
his  party  was  to  the  house  in  '88 
and  it  was  given  him,  also  a  return  for 
faithful  services  in  '90.  In  both  gen- 
eral assemblies  he  was  a  strong  anti- 
corporation  man,  and  championed  the 
cause  of  the  laboring  people  on  every 
measure  that  came  up  of  interest  to 
them.  He  was  instrumental  in  secur- 
ing the  passage  of  the  gross  weight 
bill,  the  weekly  pay  bill,  the  anti- 
truck  store  bill,  and  did  all  he  could  to 
advance  the  arbitration  bill  to  a  suc- 
cessful issue.  His  efforts  to  benefit  a 
class  of  people  who  have  few  friends 


where  he  has  lived  ever  since.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  at 
the  Christian  Brothers  College  in  St. 
Louis,  and  at  the  Southern  Illinois 
Normal,  at  Carbondale,  graduating 
from  the  latter  in  June,  '84.  Then  he 
completed  a  law  term  of  two  years  at 
Ann  Arbor,  graduating  in  July,  '86, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  Michigan 
bar,  passing  an  examination  before 
the  supreme  and  circuit  courts  of  that 
state.  He  never  practiced  his  pro- 
fession, but  returning  home  engaged 
in  newspaper  work,  buying  an  inter- 
est in  the  Murphysboro  Independent, 
which  he  conducted  and  edited  up  to 
Jan.  1,  '93. 


in  the  legislature,  were  appreciated, 
and  soon  after  the  legislature  of  '91 
adjourned,  there  was  a  demand  for 
him  to  go  on  the  state  ticket.  Resolu- 
tions were  adopted  in  many  lodges  and 
unions  commending  Gov.  Gill  to  the 
democratic  state  convention  and  urg- 
ing his  nomination.  An  unusual  in- 
terest was  taken  in  his  election  be- 
cause of  the  close  relations  between  the 
candidate  and  the  class  whose  cause 
he  had  championed  in  the  legislature. 
He  was  triumphantly  elected,  running 
ahead  of  most  of  his  colleagues  on  the 
Democratic  state  ticket.  He  is  an  im- 
partial presiding  officer,  and  has  won 
the  respect  of  the  senators  already. 


THE  SECRETARY  OF  STATE. 


William  H.  Hinrichsen,  Secretary  of 
State,  was  born  in  Franklin,  111.,  May 
27,  18.SO,  and  educated  at  the  Illinois 
University.  His  father  was  born  in 
the  Grand  Duchy  of  Mecklenberg,  and 
emigrated  to  America  when  a  boy. 
His  mother  was  born  in  Morgan  coun- 
ty, and  her  father,  who  was  a  soldier 
of  the  war  of  1812,  came  from  Virginia. 
After  leaving-  the  University  Mr.  Hin- 
richsen entered  the  office  of  the  gen- 
eral stock  agent  of  the  Wabash  rail- 


Hinrichsen  returned  to  Jacksonville  to 
resume  editorial  charg-e  of  The  Courier, 
but  the  democratic  caucus  in  Jan.  '91 
chose  him  by  acclamation  for  clerk  of 
the  house,  and  after  the  legislature 
adjourned  he  entered  into  the  work  of 
the  campaign  of  '92  with  his  usual 
vig-or  and  discretion.  As  a  member  of 
the  executive  committee  of  the  state 
committee,  he  made  a  careful  canvass 
of  ever}-  county  in  the  state,  paving 
the  way  by  an  intelligent  observation 
of  the  condition  of  the  party  and  sug- 
g-estions  as  to  organization,  for  the 
sweeping- triumph  of  '92.  He  was  named 


road,  remaining-  for  four  years  and  re- 
signing- to  become  deputy  sheriff  of 
Morgan  county  in  '74.  He  was  there 
for  three  terms,  and  was  elected  sheriff 
in  '80.  Two  years  later  he  bought  an 
interest  in  The  Evening  Courier  with 
Geo.  E.  Doying,  and  declining  a  re- 
nomination  for  sheriff,  he  entered  the 
newspaper  business  with  vigor.  He 
edited  The  Courier  until  '86,  when  the 
firm  purchased  The  Quincy  Daily  Her- 
ald, and  he  went  over  to  take  charge 
of  it.  He  soon  raised  it  to  the  front 
rank  among  provincial  dailies,  and 
made  its  influence  as  a  democratic 
organ  felt  all  over  western  Illinois. 
In  '90  The  Herald  was  sold  and  Mr. 


for  secretary  of  state  on  first  ballot.  He 
had  charge  of  the  press  bureau  during 
the  campaign.  When  he  was  21  he  was 
elected  justice  of  the  peace  in  a  strong 
republican  precinct.  He  has  been  a 
delegate  to  every  democratic  state 
convention  since  he  was  old  enough  to 
vote.  He  has  been  a  member,  and 
chairman  or  secretary  most  of  the 
time,  of  the  Morgan  and  Adams  county 
committees  since  he  reached  the  vot- 
ing age.  He  was  on  the  executive 
committee  of  the  state  committee  dur- 
ing the  campaign  of  '90,  and  resigned 
when  nominated  for  secretan-  of  state. 
In  '73  he  married  Miss  Louise  Sparks, 
and  has  two  sons  and  one  daughter. 


LEGISLATIVE    SOUVENIR. 


THE  STATE  TREASURER. 


An  epitome  of  the  life  of  Rufus  N. 
Ramsay,  State  Treasuref,  will  con- 
tain no  failures  as  a  politician  and  no 
scars  as  a  servant  of  the  people.  His 
life  has  been  that  of  an  honorable  and 
industrious  gentleman  who  accepts  of- 
fice as  a  duty,  and  who  discharges 
his  official  responsibilities  with  fidel- 
ity, honesty  and  energy.  Popular, 
of  course,  for  he  always  ran  ahead 
of  his  ticket.  As  a  member  of  the 
house  in  '89  and  '91  he  was  a  safe 


ated  from  the  State  University  at 
Blooming-ton,  Ind.,  in  '64.  Then  he 
studied  law  with  Gov.  French  and  also 
with  Judg-e  Underwood  at  Belleville; 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  '65,  and  prac- 
ticed for  several  years  in  Carlyle.  He 
gradually  became  interested  in  farm 
lands  and  real  estate,  and  quit  the  law 
at  a  time  when  he  had  a  large  and 
lucrative  practice.  In  '70  the  banks  of 
Ramsay  &  Seiter,  of  Carlyle,  and 
Seiter  &  Ramsay,  of  Lebanon,  were 
organized  and  prospered  until  '80, 
when  the  partnership  was  dissolved, 
the  resident  partner  in  each  city  tak- 


leader,  with  a  strong  following  of  the 
best  element.  He  saw  the  objection- 
able features  in  the  compulsory  educa- 
tion law  of  '89,  and  was  denied  the 
privilege  of  explaining  his  vote  by  the 
house.  He  did  say  during  the  confu- 
sion and  objections  that  he  was  a 
friend  of  compulsory  education,  but 
the  present  bill  possessed  several  ob- 
jectionable features,  and  he  could  not 
vote  for  it.  He  is  a  quiet,  unostenta- 
tious man,  shrewd  as  a  politician,  and 
a  tireless  worker. 

Rufus  N.  Ramsay  was  born  on  a 
Clinton  county  farm  May  20,  1838,  and 
spent  three  years  at  Illinois  College, 
some  time  at  McKendree,  and  gradu- 


ing  complete  control.  He  was  elected 
county  clerk  in  '65  when  every  county 
officer  was  a  republican,  and  was  re- 
elected.  He  has  done  as  much  or  more 
than  any  other  one  man  to  make  Clin- 
ton county  democratic  by  900  to  1,100. 
He  is  a  Presbyterian.  In  '64  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Julia  Toney,  and  has  two 
daughters  and  one  son.  Is  largely  in- 
terested in  farm  lands  and  Chicago 
and  St.  Louis  real  estate.  His  father, 
who  came  to  Illinois  in  '16  from  South 
Carolina,  is  strong  and  vigorous  at  88, 
and  was  in  Springfield  inauguration 
day.  He  is  the  oldest  democrat  in  the 
state,  and  a  man  whose  whole  life  has 
been  above  reproach. 


LKGISLATIYK   SOUVENIR. 


SUPERINTENDENT  OF  SCHOOLS. 


There  have  been  few  democrats  in 
the  office  of  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction  of  the  state  of  Illinois 
since  1857,  when  the  republicans  took 
control  of  the  state  government.  In 
fact  Henry  Raab,  of  Belleville,  is  the 
only  democrat  that  has  ever  been 
elected  to  the  office  on  a  straight  party 
platform  and  ticket.  He  was  elected 
in  '82  by  about  3,000  plurality.  The 
state  went  republican  by  40,000  in  '80. 
He  declined  a  renomination  in  '86  but  in 


vention,  but  it  was  discouraged  by  Mr. 
Raab,  who  has  little  taste  for  political 
life. 

Henry  Raab  was  born  in  Wetzlar, 
Rhenish  Prussia,  June  20,  1837.  He 
was  educated  in  the  Kindergarten, 
public  school  and  Royal  Gymnasium 
of  his  native  city  ;  also  by  private  tti- 
tors.  After  leaving  school  he  learned 
the  trade  of  a  currier  in  his  father's 
shops  and  emigrated  to  the  United 
States  in  '53,  finding  work  at  his  trade 
in  Cincinnati.  The  year  following  he 
went  to  St.  L/ouis  and  later  on  to 
Belleville,  where  he  was  for  a  time  en- 


was  named  against  his  will  and  was 
elected  by  a  plurality  of  over  34,000 
running  far  ahead  of  the  ticket. 

In  his  capacity  of  superintendent  of 
public  instruction  he  took  a  firm  stand 
for  the  better  supervision  of  schools 
and  the  better  education  of  teachers. 
He  discharged  his  duties  in  a  quiet  un- 
ostentatious manner,  yet  with  an  en- 
ergy and  ability  that  made  him  many 
friends  among  the  school  teachers  and 
educators  in  the  state.  At  the  close  of 
his  first  administration  he  returned  to 
Belleville  to  superintend  the  public 
schools  of  that  city.  His  name  was 
urged  in  many  quarters  for  governor 
before  the  last  democratic  state  con- 


gaged  in  clerking.  During  all  this 
time  he  was  a  close  student  of  political 
and  economic  questions,  and  in  '57  be- 
came a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of 
Belleville.  In  '60  he  was  elected  libra- 
rian of  the  St.  Clair  county  library,  an 
office  which  he  held  until  '83,  when  the 
city  of  Belleville  assumed  control  of 
that  institution.  In  the  teaching  pro- 
fession he  rose  to  be  a  principal,  and 
in  '73  was  made  city  superintendent  of 
schools  of  Belleville,  which  office  he 
held  until  he  was  elected  superinten- 
dent of  public  instruction  in  '82.  In 
'59  he  was  married  to  Miss  Mathilde 
Von  Lengerken,  and  has  one  son  and 
two  daughters. 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVKNIK. 


THE   ATTORNEY=QENERAL. 


Maurice  T.  Maloney,  Attorney-Gen- 
eral, was  born  in  County  Kerry,  Ire- 
land, July  26,  1849.  After  a  thoroug-h 
course  in  the  common  schools  he  en- 
tered Lastowel  Seminary,  graduating 
in  the  classical  course.  He  moved  to 
America  in  '67,  and  began  a  course  of 
study  in  moral  philosophy  in  the 
Niagara  Falls  Seminary  of  Our  Lady 
of  Angels.  Afterwards  he  studied 
theology  in  Wheeling,  and  taught 
school  for  a  time  iu  Wytheville,  Va. 


election  he  has  commenced  suit  against 
Ex-Auditors  Ivippincott,  Swigert  and 
Pavey  and  their  bondsmen  to  recover 
fees  alleged  to  be  illegally  diverted 
and  retained. 

Although  he  has  been  in  office  less 
than  three  months  at  this  writing  Mr. 
Moloney  has  rendered  several  opinions 
of  great  importance.  And  the  best 
legal  talent  as  well  as  the  great  news- 
papers—republican and  democratic— 
agree  with  his  conclusions.  The  opin- 
ion in  regard  to  the  right  of  the  canal 
commissioners  of  the  Illinois  &  Michi- 
gan Canal  to  turn  over  to  the  trustees 


In  '69  he  entered  the  University  of 
Virginia,  near  Charlottesville,  founded 
by  Thomas  Jefferson,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  '71  with  the  Bachelor  of 
L,aws  degree.  He  then  moved  to  Ot- 
tawa, 111.,  where  he  has  since  lived  and 
had  a  very  successful  practice. 

He  was  city  attorney  of  Ottawa  for 
four  years,  states  attorney  of  LaSalle 
county  from  '84  to  '88,  and  prosecuted 
all  the  boodlers,  recovering  some 
$50,000  for  the  county.  He  was  legal 
advisor  to  the  board  of  supervisors  for 
seven  years.  He  was  nominated  for 
attorney-general  in  the  democratic 
state  convention  in  '92  on  the  first  bal- 
lot with  four  candidates.  Since  his 


of  the  Chicago  Drainage  District  a 
portion  of  the  canal  for  sanitary  pur- 
poses, is  probably  the  most  important 
one.  Important,  also,  are  his  careful- 
ly prepared  views  on  the  right  of  the 
state  auditor  to  retain  a  part  of  the 
fees  from  the  insurance  companies;  in 
regard  to  the  right  of  the  auditor  to 
employ  a  Chicago  attorney,  and  in  re- 
gard to  treasurers  loaning  public  funds. 
He  is  a  man  of  indomitable  energy, 
and  has  made  a  very  favorable  im- 
pression already  on  the  people  of  the 
state.  In  1873  he  married  Miss 
Annie  J.  Graham,  of  Ottawa,  and  has 
five  children — three  sons  and  two 
daughters. 


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I.KC, ISI.ATIVK    SOrVK-XIK. 


THE  ADJUTANT=GENERAL. 


Gen.  Alfred  Orendorff ,  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral of  the  state  of  Illinois,  was  born 
July  29,  1845,  in  Logan  county,  and 
was  educated  at  the  Wesleyan  Univer- 
sity, Blooming-ton,  and  the  military 
school  at  Fulton,  Illinois.  In  '66 
Gan.  Orendorff  graduated  from  the 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  Law  School,  with  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws.  He  be- 
g-an  practice  in  Spring-field  in  '67  with 
the  firm  of  Herndon  &  Zane.  The 
firm  was  successively  Herndon  &  Oren- 


and  ratified  by  the  democrats,  for  the 
Illinois  house,  and  was  elected.  He 
took  an  active  part  as  a  member  of  the 
judiciary  committee  in  revising-  the 
laws  of  the  state  in  conformity  with 
the  constitution  of  '70.  He  has  been 
chairman  of  the  democratic  state  com- 
mittee for  several  years,  and  was  dele- 
gate to  several  national  democratic 
conventions.  In  '82  as  candidate  for 
state  treasurer  he  pulled  a  republican 
majorit}'  of  40,000  down  to  about  5,000, 
and  four  years  later  he  made  another 
splendid  run  for  the  same  office.  He 
is  vice  president  of  the  German-Amer- 


dorff  and  Orendorff  &  Creighton. 
When  Judge  Creighton  was  elected 
to  the  circuit  bench,  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  Robert  H.  Patton, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Orendorff  & 
Patton,  which  still  exists,  and  is  one 
of  the  strongest  in  Central  Illinois. 

Originally  he  was  a  republican,  he 
took  the  first  step  towards  democracy 
in  '72,  when  so  many  republicans  of 
liberal  views  joined  the  struggling 
party  of  the  common  people.  In  '72 
he  was  a  delegate  to  the  democratic 
national  convention,  and  heartily 
favored  the  nomination  of  Judge 
Lyman  Trumbull  for  president.  In 
'73  he  was  nominated  by  the  liberals 


ican  Loan  association  and  of  the 
Franklin  Life  Insurance  company  of 
this  city,  and  has  large  interests  in 
real  estate.  He  has  held  the  highest 
offices  within  the  gift  of  the  Odd  Fel- 
lows ;  has  been  representative  to  the 
sovereign  grand  lodge  of  the  world 
every  year  since  1880.  In  1870  he 
married  Julia,  the  daughter  of  Col. 
John  Williams,  one  of  the  wealthiest 
and  most  respected  pioneers  of  Illi- 
nois, and  has  two  daughters  and  one 
son.  He  was  appointed  adjutant-gen- 
eral by  Gov.  Altgeld  Jan.  20,  1893,  an 
appointment  that  was  most  cordially 
received  in  every  quarter  of  the  state, 
as  well  as  elsewhere  where  he  is  known. 


LKGISI.ATIYK   SOUVKNIK. 


11 


SUPREflE  COURT  REPORTER. 


The  oldest  Supreme  Court  Reporter 
in  the  United  States  is  Norman  L,. 
Freeman,  of  Illinois,  and  there  is  none 
more  accurate  or  more  satisfactory  to 
the  lawyers  and  judges.  The  position  is 
one  of  peculiar  difficulty,  and  requires 
qualifications  above  that  of  a  lawyer, 
or  even  a  judge.  Indeed,  Illinois  law- 
yers frequently  quote  the  syllabus  of  a 
supreme  court  decision  in  preference 
to  the  words  of  the  justice.  Judge 
Freeman  has  a  happy  faculty  pos- 


secrets  of  the  court.  He  has  a  hand- 
some home  in  Springfield,  and  is  a 
democrat  of  the  old  school. 

Norman  I/.  Freeman  was  born  in 
Caledonia,  Livingston  Co.,  N.  Y.,  May 
9,  1823.  His  parents,  Truman  and 
Hannah  (Dow)  Freeman,  trace  their 
ancestry  back  to  the  early  pioneers. 
In  '31  he  accompanied  his  widowed 
mother  to  Ann  Arbor,  and  six  years 
later  they  moved  to  Detroit.  He 
worked  in  his  brother's  store  in  Cleve- 
land for  a  time,  and  in  '40  entered  an 
academy  in  that  city.  From  there  he 
went  to  the  Ohio  University,  at  Athens, 


sessed  by  few  men,  of  extracting  the 
kernel  from  the  shell  of  a  decision, 
and  painting  it  in  short  terse  sentences. 
It  is  this  that  renders  him  so  valuable 
in  his  capacity  of  reporter  of  the  su- 
preme court,  and  makes  his  reports 
models  of  excellence  and  reliability. 
He  has  edited  and  published  106  vol- 
umes of  Illinois  Reports,  embodying 
over  7,000  cases.  He  is  the  personifi- 
cation of  courtesy  and  accommodation. 
By  nature  of  his  office  he  is  close  to 
the  justices  of  the  court.  No  doubt 
he  has  been  approached  many  times 
by  interested  litigants  for  information 
in  regard  to  pending  cases,  but  he  was 
never  known  to  violate  the  sacred 


and  had  for  fellow  students  S.  S.  Cox 
and  Milton  L/atham.  In  '43  he  moved 
to  Kentucky  and  taught  school  to  pay 
his  expenses  while  studying  law.  In 
'46  he  began  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion in  Morganfield,  Ky.  The  great 
struggle  between  the  north  and  south 
compelled  him  to  move  to  a  more 
peaceful  state  than  Kentucky,  for  he 
inherited  many  Quaker  principles  from 
his  mother's  family.  In  '62  he  moved 
to  Shawneetown,  and  in  April  '63,  was 
appointed  reporter  of  the  supreme 
court,  and  has  held  the  office  ever 
since.  In  December,  '49,  he  married 
Miss  Tranquilla  Richeson,  and  has  four 
children — a  son  and  three  daughters. 


12 


I,KC,ISI<ATIVK    SOUYKNIK. 


SUPREME=APPELLATE  COURTS. 


The  state  of  Illinois  was  divided 
half  a  century  ago  into  three  grand 
divisions  of  the  supreme  court.  The 
seat  of  the  Central  Grand  Division  is 
located  at  Springfield. 


Association    in    '79  and1 
very    active    honorary 


E.    A.    SNIVELT. 

ETHAN  A.  SNIVELY,  Clerk  of  the 
Supreme  Court,  Central  Grand  Divi- 
sion, was  born  in  Cuba,  Fulton,  Co., 
111.,  Feb.  17,  1845,  and  received  a  com- 
mon school  education.  In  '60  he  en- 
tered the  office  of  The  Squatter  Sover- 
eign, at  Havana,  to  learn  the  printing 
business.  Before  he  was  21  years  old 
he  assumed  editorial  and  business 
management  of  The  Rushville  Times, 
and  conducted  the  paper  for  over  two 
years.  In  July,  '68  he  began  the  pub- 
lication of  The  Galesburg  Times,  and 
for  nearly  a  year  he  preached  radical 
democracy  in  a  county  that  gave  near- 
ly 3,000  republican  majority.  Then  he 
edited  The  Pekin  Register  for  a  few 
months,  resigning  in  the  fall  of  '69  to 
become  city  editor  of  The  Peoria  Daily 
National  Democrat.  In  Oct.  '71  he  as- 
sumed control  of  The  Macoupin  En- 
quirer at  Carlinville,  which  he  con- 
ducted until  April,  '77,  when  he  relin- 
quished it  and  engaged  in  the  agricul- 
tural implement  business.  In  '79  he 
assumed  editorial  control  of  The  Ma- 
coupin Herald  at  Carlinville,  and  in 
'80  this  paper  was  consolidated  with 
The  Enquirer,  which  he  edited  until 
'83,  when  he  sold  it.  In  '78  he  was 
elected  clerk  of  the  supreme  court,  and 
was  re-elected  in  '84  and  '90  by  in- 
creased majorities,  the  last  two  times 
having  no  opposition  in  the  democratic 
convention.  He  was  president  of  the 


Illinois  Pre 
'80,    and    is 

member  now.  The  first  work  he  did  in  a 
printing  office  was  to  assist  in  getting 
out  an  extra  —  on  Sunday  —  announcing 
the  first  nomination  of  Abraham  L^in- 
coln  for  president.  There  were  few 
railroads  and  no  telegraph  in  the  west 
then,  and  it  took  three  days  for  the 
news  to  reach  Havana. 


The  Appellate  Court,  Third  District, 
comprises  the  same  counties  as  Central 
Grand  Division,  Supreme  Court;  it  was 
organized  in  '77;  the  present  incumbent 
is  the  first  clerk  elected  by  the  people. 

GEORGE  W.  JONES,  Clerk  of  the 
Appellate  Court,  Third  District,  came 
to  Illinois  with  his  parents  when  a 
child  and  was  raised  at  Griggsville 
and  in  Pike  county,  one  of  the  most 
fertile  and  beautiful  counties  in  the 
state.  He  received  a  good  common 
school  education,  and  was  clerk  of  the 
circuit  court  of  Pike  county  from  '60 
to  '64,  and  '72  to  '76.  He  also  held 
several  minor  offices,  member  of  the 
board  of  supervisors,  the  board  of  ed- 
ucation, etc.  In  '78  he  was  elected 
clerk  of  the  appellate  court,  and  was 
re-elected  in  '84  and  '90  by  increased 
majorities;  was  nominated  by  accla- 
mation in  the  democratic  convention 
in  '84-'90.  He  is  a  strong  democrat, 


GEO.   W.   JOKES. 

and  an  enthusiastic  Cleveland  man. 
In  '50  he  was  married  to  Miss  Celia 
Bennett,  of  Marshall  Co.,  111.,  and  has 
two  sons — Frank  H.,  member  of  the 
last  house  of  representatives  and  a 
promising  young  attorney  of  Spring- 
field, and  Fred.  B.,  of  the  Adams  & 
Westlake  Manufacturing  Co.,  Chicago. 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


13 


THE  RAILROAD  COnfllSSION. 


Probably  the  most  important  board 
attached  to  the  state  administration  is 
the  Railroad  and  Warehouse  Commis- 
sion, organized  in  1870.  It  is  composed 
of  three  members,  who  draw  $3,500 


WM     S.    CANTRELL. 

each  per  annum,  and  expenses,  and  a 
secretary  at  $2,500.  Term  of  office  two 
years ;  Gov.  Altgeld  appointed  the 
present  board  Jan.  23,  '93,  and  they 
were  immediately  confirmed  by  the 
senate.  The  board  consists  of  Wm.  S. 
Cantrell,  of  Benton,  Charles  F.  Lape 
of  Spring-field  and  Thomas  Gahan  of 
Chicago,  with  John  W.  Yantis  of  Shel- 
t»yville  as  secretary. 

WILLIAM  S.  CANTRELL,  Chair- 
man of  the  Board,  was  born  in  Benton, 
111.,  Feb.  6,  1851,  and  educated  at  the 
State  University,  Bloomington,  Ind., 
taking  the  scientific  course.  He  at- 
tended the  Law  School,  at  Shaw- 
neetown,  conducted  by  Judge  A.  D. 
Duff,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  June,  '74,  and  has  practiced  his 
profession  ever  since.  He  was  states 
attorney  of  Franklin  county  for  four 
years.  He  was  married  in  March,  '82 
to  Miss  Jennie  Burnett,  of  Shaw- 
neetown,  and  they  have  two  chil- 
dren, a  boy  and  a  girl.  He  always 
has  been  very  active  in  politics, 
and  was  a  delegate  to  the  National 
Democratic  convention  of  '88,  and  took 
a  lively  interest  in  the  campaign  of 
'92.  He  was  an  enthusiastic  friend  of 
•Gov.  Altgeld  before  the  democratic 
state  convention,  and  devoted  his  tal- 
ents and  time  to  the  election  of  the 
democratic  state  ticket,  in  the  triumph 


of  which  he  contributed  not  a  little. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  grand  lodge  of 
Illinois,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  and  was  on  the 
law  committee  of  the  lodge — the  com- 
mittee on  appeals  and  grievances- -for 
ten  years.  He  is  also  one  of  the  su- 
preme officers  of  the  Knights  of  Hon- 
or. He  was  strongly  endorsed  for  his 
present  place,  aud  devotes  his  eutire 
time  to  the  duties  of  the  office. 

CHAS.  F.  LAPE,  was  born  in  Zanes- 
ville,  O.,  Nov.  22,  1842,  and  received  a 
common  school  education  while  work- 
ing on  a  farm  up  to  the  time  he  was 
14  years  old.  Then  he  entered  a  boiler 
shop  in  Zanesville  and  learned  the 
trade,  remaining  until  '60,  when  he 
began  braking  for  the  Cincinnati, 
Wilmington  &  Zanesville  railroad, 
now  a  branch  of  the  Pennsylvania. 
In  the  spring  of  '61  he  enlisted  in 
Co.  A,  3d  O.  Inf.,  but  being  under 
age  his  mother  had  his  name  stricken 
from  the  roll.  Then  he  went  on  the 
L.  &  N.  as  brakeman,  between  Louis- 
ville and  Nashville  remaining  until 
the  spring  of  '62,  when  he  accepted  a 
place  in  the  Ft.  Wayne  shops  of  the 
Wabash  railroad.  In  '63  he  worked  for 
the  I.  &  St.  L.,  now  the  Big  Four,  at 
Litchfield,  and  in  the  spring  of  '64  he 
changed  to  the  Illinois  Central  shops 
at  Centralia.  He  was  promoted  to  be 
assistant  foreman  and  remained  until 
'73,  when  he  returned  to  the  Ft. 


Wayne  shops  as  foreman.  In  '82  he 
was  made  general  foreman  of  the  An- 
drews shops  by  J.  B.  Barnes.  In  '83 
he  removed  to  Danville,  and  assumed 
charge  of  the  Tilton  shops.  Soon  after 
he  was  made  assistant  master  me- 
chanic with  headquarters  at  Mt.  Car- 
mel,  and  in  '85  received  his  last  pro- 


14 


UvGlSl.ATIVK   SOUVENIR. 


motion,  being-  made  master  mechanic 
of  the  Spring-field  shops,  which  place 
he  held  until  appointed  to  his  present 
position.  He  married  Miss  Nancy 
Brown  in  Centralia,  in  '66,  and  has 
had  four  children,  two  of  whom  sur- 
vive— a  boy  and  girl.  He  is  a  Mason, 
an  Elk,  a  director  in  two  building-  and 


TH08.    GAHAN. 

loan  associations,  and  in  the  Franklin 
L<ife  Insurance  company.  He  is  a 
lytitheran  in  relig-ion,  and  never  took 
a  very  active  part  in  politics,  being 
appointed  to  his  present  place  on  ac- 
count of  his  knowledge  of  railroading- 
— an  appointment  that  met  with  gen- 
eral satisfaction. 

THOMAS  GAHAN  was  born  in  Cook 
county,  near  Chicago,  in  1849,  and  re- 
ceived a  good  common  school  educa- 
tion. In  '66  he  began  life  for  himself 
as  stock  shipper  for  Nels  Morris,  and 
from  '68  to  '69  he  represented  Cragin 
&  Hancock,  packers  in  the  Red  River 
country.  He  was  appointed  patrolman 
of  the  Town  of  L,ake  in  '70  when  the 
force  consisted  of  only  three  men;  was 
promoted  to  be  serg-eant  in  '74;  in  '77 
was  made  captain,  which  office  he  held 
until  '84  when  he  was  elected  super- 
visor, treasurer  and  chief  of  police  of 
the  Town  of  L/ake,  three  offices  at  that 
time  consolidated.  During-  the  two 
years  he  held  this  office  he  handled 
$6,000,000  of  the  people's  money.  In 
'86  under  the  firm  name  of  Gahan  & 
Burns  he  engag-ed  in  the  business  of 
contracting  for  the  building  of  sewers, 
laying-  water  mains,  etc.  In  '89  was 
elected  alderman  from  the  29th  ward, 
and  started  the  fight  to  clear  the  L/ake 
Front  of  the  old  exposition  building- 
and  the  B.  &  O.  depot,  in  which  he 
was  successful.  He  was  re-elected  in 


'90,  and  resig-ned  to  accept  his  present 
office  from  Gov.  Altgeld.  When  he 
entered  the  city  council  there  was  not 
a  paved  street  in  his  ward,  and  when 
he  left  it,  every  street  in  his  ward  that 
was  sewered  had  been  paved  or  con- 
tracted to  be  paved.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Iroquois  Club,  the  Cook  County 
Democracy,  and  the  Marching  Club, 
also  of  the  I.  O.  F.  and  the  A.  O.  U. 
W.  He  is  a  shrewd  politician  and  con- 
tributed greatly  to  the  success  of  the 
democratic  ticket  in  the  recent  elec- 
tion. 

JOHN  W.  YANTIS,  Secretary  of  the 
Board,  was  born  in  Shelby  county, 
May  13,  1855,  and  was  educated  at 
Westfield  Colleg-e  and  Bryant  &  Strat- 
tan's  Business  College,  Chicago.  He 
began  life  as  clerk  in  a  mercantile 
store  in  Shelbyville,  and  in  '77  formed 
a  partnership  with  his  brother-in-law 
and  bought  a  stock  of  dry  goods,  boots 
and  shoes,  which  continued  until  '89, 
when  he  went  into  the  real  estate,  loan 
and  insurance  business,  which  was  his 
occupation,  when  he  was  appointed 
secretary  of  the  board,  March  1,  '93. 
He  was  chairman  of  the  county  board 
for  three  years,  and  after  his  first  race 
was  elected  without  opposition.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  state  board  of 
equalization  from  '86  to  '90.  In  '82  he 
married  Miss  Cordelia  A.  James,  of 
Shelby  county,  and  has  four  children, 


J.    W.    YANTIS. 

three  girls  and  one  boy.  He  attends 
the  Christian  church.  He  is  a  Mason r 
an  Odd  Fellow,  an  A.  O.  U.  W.  a 
Modern  Woodman,  and  has  been  a 
representative  to  the  grand  lodge  of 
Odd  Fellows.  Was  on  the  committee 
on  appeals  for  several  years,  and  was 
chairman  the  last  term.  He  is  also  on 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


IS 


the  committee  on  the  state  of  the  or- 
der in  the  Grand  Encampment.  Is 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  appeals 
of  the  grand  lodge,  A.  O.  U.  W.,  and 
is  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  Odd  Fel- 
lows Orphans'  Home,  at  Lincoln.  He 
has  always  been  a  working  democrat 
in  his  section  of  the  state. 


In  '73  he  married  Miss  Mary  L.  Craw- 
ford, of  Kankakee,  and  they  have  two 
children — a  boy  and  girl. 


JAS.    H.    PADDOCK. 

JAMES  H.  PADDOCK,  of  this  city, 
retiring  secretary  of  the  board,  is  one 
of  the  best  known  men  connected  with 
the  politics  of  Illinois.  For  twenty- 
eight  years  past  he  has  been  in 
Springfield  during  the  sessions  of  the 
general  assembly.  He  was  born  in 
Lockport,  111.,  May,  29,  1850,  and  re- 
ceived a  good  common  school  educa- 
tion. He  was  page  in  the  senate  in '65. 
In  '67  he  was  assistant  postmaster  of 
the  senate,  and  in  '69,  '71,  '73  and  '75 
he  was  assistant  secretary  of  the  sen- 
ate. In  '77,  '79  and  '81  he  was  secre- 
tary of  the  senate.  From  '81  to  '89  he 
was  assistant  secretary  of  state,  and 
early  in  '89  he  was  appointed  secretary 
of  the  railroad  and  warehouse  commis- 
sion, which  position  he  filled  until 
March  1,  '93,  when  the  change  in  ad- 
ministration permitted  all  the  republi- 
can officials  to  retire.  In  '77  Mr.  Pad- 
dock received  the  entire  vote  of  the 
senate  for  secretary,  when  the  farmers 
held  the  balance  of  power,  and  in  '75 
the  democrats  had  the  organization  of 
the  senate  and  they  made  him  assist- 
ant secretary.  He  has  never  swerved 
from  republicanism.  Undoubtedly  he 
has  a  wider  acquaintance  among  the 
public  men  of  Illinois  than  any  other 
man  in  the  state,  and  in  every  position 
he  has  occupied  he  has  discharged  his 
duties  with  an  energy  and  faithfulness 
that  commended  him  to  his  superiors. 


THE  PRINTER  EXPERT. 

•^ 

Arthur  L,.  Hereford,  Printer  Expert, 
was  born  in  Secor,  Woodford  Co.,  111., 
April  1,  1858,  and  educated  in  the  com- 
mon school.  He  graduated  from  the 
Union  College  of  L,aw,  Chicago,  in  '78 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Mt. 
Vernon  in  '79.  He  went  west,  and 
practiced  for  a  short  time  at  Concor- 
dia,  Kan.  In  '80  he  was  nominated  by 
the  democratic  state  convention  for 
attorney  general  of  Kansas.  He  was 
prominent  in  Kansas  politics  for  sev- 
eral years,  and  was  vice  president  of 
the  League  of  Democratic  Clubs  of 
that  state  in  '80.  But  dollars  were 
nearly  as  scarce  as  democrats  in  the 
Grasshopper  state,  and  Mr.  Hereford 
returned  to  Illinois,  purchasing  The  El 
Paso  Journal  in  Jan.  '81,  which  he  ran 
until  Jan.  '85,  when  he  went  to  Chi- 
cago, and  worked  as  a  reporter  on  the 
staffs  of  The  Chicago  News,  Tribune 
and  other  papers  until  '88.  Then  he 
returned  to  Woodford  county  and 
started  The  Metamora  Herald,  a  dem- 
ocratic paper,  which  he  ran  until 
'91,  when  he  sold  out  and  purchased 


A.   L.   HEBKFOBD. 


The  Mattoon  Star,  which  he  owns  at 
this  time.  He  was  an  enrolling  and 
engrossing  clerk  of  the  house  in  the 
session  of  '91,  and  was  appointed 
printer  expert  by  Gov.  Altgeld  Jan. 
19,  '93.  In  Nov.  '79,  he  married  Miss 
Helen  M.  Jacquin,  of  Metamora,  and 
has  one  son  and  one  daughter. 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


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THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY. 


For  the  first  time  in  exactly  thirty 
years  a  democratic  general  assembly 
convened  in  Springfield  on  the  4th  day 
of  January,  1893.  It  was  more  note- 
worthy from  the  fact  that  every  de- 
partment of  the  state  government,  and 
every  office  was  filled  or  soon  to  be 
filled  by  democrats.  The  General  As- 
sembly for  the  State  of  Illinois  oper- 
ates under  a  constitution  adopted  by 
the  people  in  1870 — the  fourth  instru- 
ment of  the  kind  that  has  been  sub- 
mitted to  the  people,  and  the  third  that 
has  been  ratified  and  adopted — the 
constitution  of  1862  having  been  re- 
jected at  the  polls.  The  general  as- 
sembly meets  biennially  at  noon  on 
the  first  Wednesday  after  the  first 
Monday  in  January  in  odd-numbered 
years.  It  consists  of  a  senate  and  a 
house  of  representatives  numbering 
on  joint  ballot,  204.  This  is  the 
Thirty-eighth  General  Assembly.  In 
the  biographies  that  follow  the  dis- 
tricts are  not  given,  because  it  is  ex- 
pected that  the  present  legislature  will 
reapportion  the  state. 


THE  SENATE. 

The  Senate  consists  of  51  members, 
who  are  elected  for  four  years,  or  two 
regular  sessions.  Senators  from  the 
odd  numbered  districts  are  elected  at 
the  same  time  as  state  treasurer  and 
superintendent  of  public  instruction — 
1886,  1890,  1894,  etc.  Senators  from 
even-numbered  districts  are  elected  in 
presidential  years— 1888,  1892,  1896, 
etc.  Senators  receive  $5  per  diem 
during  the  session,  $50  for  stationery 
and  10  cents  a  mile  for  the  actual  dis- 
tance from  their  homes  to  the  state 
capital.  The  districts  represented  in 
the  present  general  assembly  were 
organized  in  1881  by  the  republicans. 
The  senate  of  1893  consists  of  29  demo- 
crats and  22  republicans. 


THE  OFFICERS. 


Next  to  the  President  of  the  Senate 
the  most  influential  officer  is  the  Sec- 
retary. Indeed,  he  is  often  charged 
with  passing  or  killing  more  bills  than 
the  senators,  fhe  present  secretary, 
however,  is  above  reproach,  and  never 
hastens  or  delays  a  roll  call  to  permit 
the  lobby  to  work,  or  stragglers  sent 
for.  This  was  almost  a  rule  in  the  past. 


Downing,  Finis  E.,  (dem.),  Virginia; 
editor-lawyer.  Secretary  of  the  Sen- 
ate. Born  in  Virginia,  Aug.  24,  1846, 
and  received  a  common  school  edu- 
cation. He  left  the  farm  when  16 
and  clerked  in  a  dry  goods  store,  after- 
wards going  into  the  same  line  of 
trade  for  himself.  In  '69  he  went  to 


SECRETARY  DOWNING. 

Butler,  Mo.,  engaging  in  the  grocery 
and  dry  goods  business,  in  which-  he 
continued  until  '75.  Then  he  returned 
to  Cass  county  and  was  elected  circuit 
clerk  in  '80,  was  re-elected  in  '84  and 
again  in  '88,  his  last  term  expiring  last 
December.  He  was  chosen  secretary 
of  the  senate  by  the  democratic  caucus, 
and  fills  the  place  although  the  duties 
are  entirely  new,  to  the  satisfaction  of 
every  senator.  Is  married.  In  Sept. 
'91  he  bought  The  Virginia  Enquirer, 
which  is  edited  in  his  absence  by  his 
son,  Harry  F. 

Davis,  Robert  H.,  Sergeant-at-Arms 
of  the  senate,  lives  in  Carrollton,  and 
was  born  in  Mercer  Co.,  Ky.,  about  55 
years  ago.  In  '32  his  father  moved  to 
Greene  Co.,  111.,  where  he  was  a  prac- 
ticing physician,  and  very  successful. 
Robert  was  educated  in  the  district 
schools,  and  finished  at  Center  College, 
Danville,  Ky.  He  was  salesman  in  a 
wholesale  dry  goods  store  in  St.  Louis 
for  a  time,  and  afterwards  in  a  whole- 
sale grocery  and  commission  house. 
In  '70  he  went  into  the  business  of  buy- 
ing grain,  selling  flour  and  coal  in 
Carrollton,  and  continued  it  until 
elected  sergeant-at-arms.  He  was  vice- 
president  of  the  Mercantile  Library, 
St.  Louis,  for  two  years  and  a  director 
for  four  years;  is  a  life  member  now; 
was  a  member  of  the  board  of  educa- 


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LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


tion  of  Carrollton  for  twelve  succes- 
sive years,  and  was  president  of  the 
board  for  six  years.  He  was  elected 
to  the  senate  in  '85  to  succeed  F.  M. 
Bridges,  deceased,  and  was  returned 


to  the  house  in  '86  and  '88.  He  was 
chosen  seargeant-at-arms  by  acclama- 
tion in  the  democratic  caucus. 

Allen,  Sylvester,  (dem.),  Oxville, 
Scott  Co.;  farmer  and  merchant.  Born 
in  Jackson  Co.,  O.,  Sept.  2,  1847,  and 
received  a  common  school  education. 
He  volunteered  in  the  7th  Ohio  cavalry 
and  was  rejected  on  account  of  his 
youth,  but  he  was  determined  to  go  to 
the  war,  and  was  finall)r  accepted  as  a 
teamster.  After  the  war  he  settled  in 


SYLVESTER  ALLEN. 


Scott  Co.,  111.,  on  a  farm  near  Oxville. 
Is  married.  He  held  the  office  of  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  several  times,  and 
was  postmaster  of  Oxville  under  Pres- 


ident   Cleveland.      He    was   elected  to 
the  house   in   '88  and  to  the  senate  in 
'90,   receiving-  6,132  votes  to  2,285  for 
B.  B.  Hamilton,  rep.,  and  1,574  for  R. 
T.   Brock,  bolting-  rep.     In  the  house 
he  took  an  active  and  honest  interest 
in  farmer  legislation,   and  the  record 
was    continued    in   the    senate    in    '91, 
when  he  was  recognized  as  the  cham- 
pion of  the  interests  of  the  agricultur- 
ists.      Is    a    valuable    member   of    the 
present  senate.    As  a   member   of  the 
faithful  "101"  in    the    last    legislature 
Senator  Allen  was    faithful  and  stead- 
fast, regarding  the  voice  of  the  people 
as  a  peremptory  command. 
Committees:      Senatorial      apportionment 
hail-man;,     visit     charitable     institutions 
hair u> an),  railroads,  revenue,  municipal!- 
's,     charitable     institutions,     roads     and 
•Idges,  military,  building  and  loan  associa- 
>ns,  waterways  and  drainage,  agriculture. 
Anderson,  Perry,  (rep.),  Alexis;  lum- 
ber merchant.    Born  in  Nasum  Socken, 


EKRY  ANUKHSON  . 


Christianstads  Lan,  Sweden,  Oct.  5. 
1853,  and  at  the  age  of  19  determined 
to  come  to  America.  He  did  so,  set- 
tling- in  Warren  county  and  hiring  out 
as  a  farm  hand.  His  education  in  the 
English  language  was  acquired  in  the 
hig-h  school  of  Alexis,  and  his  com- 
mercial training-  at  Davenport  Busi- 
ness College.  He  rented  a  farm  and 
followed  agriculture  for  a  time,  but  in 
'81  he  eng-aged  in  the  lumber  business, 
and  in  that  has  been  successful.  In 
'92  he  was  instrumental  in  organizing 
the  Alexis  Stoneware  Manufacturing 
Co.,  and  is  now  serving-  as  president 
of  that  enterprise.  "H.e  has  received 
many  favors  reg-ardless  of  part3*;  has 
been  on  the  board  of  education  many 
years,  and  is  still  a  member;  was  on 
the  board  of  villag-e  trustees  and  was 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


president  of  the  board,  resigning  when 
he  was  elected  to  the  senate  in  '90.  Is 
married.  Is  chairman  of  the  present 
republican  senate  caucus. 

Committees:  Judicial  department,  ware- 
houses, finance  and  claims,  appropriations, 
municipalities,  charitable  institutions,  penal 
and  reformatory,  world's  fair,  congressional 
apportionment,  labor  and  manufactures. 

Arnold,  John  W.,  (dem.),  Lockport; 
merchant.  Born  on  a  farm  in  Wash- 
ing-ton county,  New  York,  Feb.  14, 
1852,  and  came  to  Illinois  with  his 
parents  in  1855.  Enlisted  in  the  4th 
111.  Cav.  under  Col.  Dickey,  Sept.  16, 
'61;  was  discharged  for  disability  in 
'62,  re-enlisted  in  the  Chicag-o  Mercan- 
tile Battery,  and  was  finally  mustered 
out  June  16,  '65;  was  for  14  months  a 
prisoner  of  war  in  Texas.  After  the 
war  he  engaged  in  business  in  Lock- 
port.  Was  postmaster  during  the  lat- 


JOHN  W.   ARNOLD. 

ter  part  of  Cleveland's  term.  Is  mar- 
ried. His  popularity  is  evidenced  from 
the  votes  he  received  for  senator  in  '90, 
carrying  Will  county  (the  district)  by 
172,  while  his  predecessor,  a  republi- 
can, was  elected  by  a  majority  of  1,250, 
and  in  '92  Harrison  carried  it  by  400. 
In  the  senate  he  is  a  hard  worker  and 
closely  watches  all  measures. 

Committees:  Military  (chairman),  water- 
ways and  drainage  (chairman),  warehouses, 
revenue,  municipalities,  corporations,  penal 
and  reformatory,  senatorial  apportionment, 
world's  fair,  canals  and  rivers,  agriculture, 
mines  and  mining,  labor  and  manufactures. 

Aspinwall,  Homer  F.,  (rep.),  Free- 
port;  farmer.  Born  in  Stephenson 
county,  Nov.  15,  1846,  and  was  edu- 
cated in  the  common  schools,  graduat- 
ing from  the  Freeport  high  school. 
Then  he  clerked  for  two  years  in  a 
wholesale  notion  store.  Afterwards 
he  began  farming,  and  now  owns  265 


acres  of  land  and  is  married.  Has 
been  on  the  board  of  supervisors  for 
four  years  and  held  minor  offices.  He 
is  a  good  specimen  of  a  successful 
Illinois  agriculturist,  and  takes  great 


HOMER  P.    ASPINWALL. 

interest  in  matters  that  affect  his  con- 
stituents. Was  elected  in  '92,  receiv- 
ing 8,748  votes  to  7,905  for  William 
Stewart,  dem. 

Committees:  Elections,  insurance,  judicial 
department,  agriculture,  warehouses,  reve- 
nue, penal  and  reformatory,  state  library, 
world's  fair,  senatorial  apportionment. 

Bacon,  George  E.,  (rep.),  Paris;  law- 
yer. Born  on  a  farm  near  Madison, 
Ind.,  Feb.  4,  1851,  and  in  '54  his  par- 
ents moved  to  Coles  Co.,  111.,  and  in  '76 
he  moved  to  Paris.  His  education  was 


E.    BACON. 


finished  at  Northwestern  University, 
Indianapolis,  and  the  Union  L,aw 
School,  Chicago;  was  admitted  in  '79 
at  Ottawa.  In  a  bar  that  possesses 


I,KGISI,ATIYK   SOUVENIR. 


many  great  minds  he  has  been  as  suc- 
cessful as  any.  Is  married  and  has 
three  children.  Was  elected  to  the 
senate  in  '86,  and  again  in  '90;  was 
chairman  of  the  republican  caucus  in 
'89.  In  '91  he  refused  to  vote  for  any 
but  a  republican  for  U.  S.  senator — a 
position  endorsed  by  the  best  element 


CHARLES    N.    HARNES. 

of  his  party.  He  is  a  man  of  fine 
physique,  with  a  clear  voice,  and  is 
one  of  the  most  effective  and  pleasing 
orators  in  the  senate.  His  eulogy  of 
Gen.  Logan  in  '87  is  referred  to  by 
those  who  heard  it  as  an  eloquent  trib- 
ute, yet  it  was  little  better  than  his 
remarks  on  the  death  of  Mr.  Elaine 
and  his  old  friend  and  colleague,  Sen- 
ator Matthews,  during  the  present  ses- 
sion. Few  lawyers  in  Illinois,  and 
probably  none  in  the  senate  are  the 
equals  of  Senator  Bacon  as  a  platform 
orator,  a  jury  pleader  or  a  lecturer. 
His  services  are  in  demand  from  all 
quarters  of  the  state. 

Committees:  Judiciary,  agriculture,  edu- 
cation, elections,  railroads,  insurance,  con- 
gressional apportionment,  license  and  mis- 
cellany, labor  and  manufactures. 

Barnes,  Charles  N.,  (dem.),  Lacon; 
lawyer.  Born  in  Marshall  county, 
March  25,  1860,  and  was  educated  in 
the  Washburn  high  school,  at  Iowa 
City  College  and  the  Chicago  Law 
School;  admitted  to  practice  in  '84. 
He  has  had  a  ver)^  successful  run  of 
cases  ever  since;  was  manager  for  the 
Springer  Land  Irrigating  company  in 
New  Mexico  for  a  time.  He  is  married 
and  owns  380  acres  of  land.  He  has 
represented  his  township  three  times 
on  the  county  board,  was  states  attor- 
ney of  Marshall  county  for  two  years, 
and  held  various  minor  offices.  He 


was  elected  to  the  senate  in  '92  by  a 
vote  of  8,039  to  6,325  for  L.  C.  McMur- 
trie,  rep.  His  colleagues  in  the  senate 
have  honored  him  with  committee 
places  far  above  those  usually  given  a 
new  member. 

Committees:  Canals  and  rivers  (chairman), 
to  visit  penal  and  reformatory  institutions 
(chairman),  judiciary,  judicial  department, 
railroads,  building  and  loan  associations, 
world's  fair, penal  and  reformatory,  water- 
ways and  drainage,  expenses  of  the  general 
assembly,  senatorial  apportionment. 

Bartling,  Henry  C.,  (clem.),  Chicago; 
commission  merchant  and  wholesale 
book  dealer.  Born  in  Springfield,  111., 
July  4,  1867,  and  moved  with  his  par- 
ents to  Chicago  in  '70.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  Lutheran  parochial 
schools.  He  was  ledgermaii  at  Mar- 
shall Field's  for  some  time;  has  been 
in  the  commission  business  (grain  and 
produce)  for  four  years,  and  at  the 
same  time  handles  church  and  school 
books — books  of  the  Lutheran  church 
and  the  public  schools.  He  is  not  mar- 
ried. He  was  elected  supervisor  for 
the  North  Town  in  '91,  being  second 
on  the  ticket,  although  the  district  is 
safely  republican.  He  was  a  delegate 
to  the  last  state  convention  and  mem- 
ber of  the  committee  on  resolutions. 
He  is  very  popular  in  his  own  district; 
elected  in  '92  by  a  vote  of  20,801  to 
17,181  for  J.  H.  Muhlke,  rep.  The  dis- 
trict was  overwhelmingly  republican 


HENRY   C.    BARTLINO. 

in  '88.  Senator  Bartling  is  one  of  the 
voungest  members  of  the  legislature, 
and  is  honored  with  good  committees. 
Committees:  License  and  miscellany 
(chairman),  municipalities,  public  build- 
ings, education,  fees  and  salaries,  printing, 
elections,  building  and  loan  associations, 
world's  fair,  waterways  and  drainage,  con- 
gressional apportionment,  canals  and  rivers. 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


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Bass,  George,  (rep.),  Chicag-o;  law- 
yer. Born  in  Williamstown,  Vt.,  Dec. 
10,  1847,  and  moved  to  Chicago  in  '60. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  graduated  at  Harvard  in  '71. 
Holds  a  high  place  as  a  member  of  the 
Chicago  bar,  served  as  South  Town 
collector  in  '90;  was  a  republican  pres- 


GEORGE   BASS. 

idential  elector  in  '80,  and  was  elected 
to  the  senate  in  the  fall  of  '90  by  a 
vote  of  4,464  to  4,225  for  Lawrence  P. 
Boyle,  dem.  Is  not  married.  He  takes 
little  interest  in  the  lower  strata  of 
politics,  and  yet  is  regarded  by  all  ele- 
ments as  a  safe  leader  in  a  campaign. 
Committees:  Judiciary,  warehouses,  sena- 
torial apportionment,  finance  and  claims, 
municipalities,  insurance,  building  and  loan 
associations,  corporations,  world's  fair,  con- 
gressional apportionment,  license  and  mis- 
cellany. 

Berry,  Orville  F.,  (rep.),  Carthage; 
lawyer.  Born  in  McDonough  county, 
Feb.  16,  1852,  and  was  early  left  an 
orphan.  He  received  a  common  school 
education,  and  at  16  began  life's  bat- 
tle for  himself,  and  after  working  as  a 
farm  hand  and  running  a  farm,  he 
removed  to  Carthage,  where  he  read 
law;  admitted  to  the  bar  in  '77.  In  '79 
formed  a  partnership  with  his  brother 
M.  P.,  and  they  have  had  a  very  suc- 
cessful practice  ever  since.  In  '83  he 
was  elected  mayor  of  Carthage  and 
was  twice  re-elected  without  opposi- 
tion. He  was  secretary  of  the  Han- 
cock county  agricultural  board  for 
four  years,  and  acted  as  superinten- 
dent one  year.  He  has  been  grand 
master  workman  of  the  A.  O.  U.  W.  of 
Illinois,  and  has  been  supreme  repre- 
sentative from  Illinois  at  several  ses- 
sions of  the  supreme  lodge.  From  the 


supreme  lodge  he  has  been  delegate  to 
fraternal  congresses'.  He  is  also  a 
Modern  Woodman  and  a  Royal  Arch 
Mason.  Is  married.  Was  elected  to 
the  senate  in  '88,  and  again  in  '92, 
running  ahead  of  his  ticket  both  times; 
in  '92  he  received  7,260  votes  to  7,016 
for  Edward  L,.  Wolf,  dem.  In  the  leg- 
islature of  '91  he  strongly  advocated 
compulsory  education  and  the  reten- 
tion of  the  compulsory  teaching  of 
English  in  all  the  schools  of  the  state, 
and  a  vindictive  fight  was  made  on 
him  at  the  polls  last  year  in  conse- 
quence. 

Committees:  Judiciary,  judicial  depart- 
ment, railroads,  corporations,  charitable  in- 
stitutions, education,  elections,  senatorial 
apportionment,  world's  fair,  canals  and 
rivers. 

Bogardus,  Charles,  (rep.)  Paxton; 
farmer  and'  stock  raiser.  Born  in 
Cayuga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  March  28,  1841,  and 
left  an  orphan  at  6  years  old.  He  had 
to  carve  out  his  own  future,  succeed- 
ing as  the  record  shows.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  common  schools  and  be- 
gan working  in  a  store  at  12  years  of 
age.  In  '62  he  enlisted  in  the  151st  N. 
Y.  Inf.;  was  elected  first  lieutenant, 
and  came  out  of  the  service  as  a  lieu- 
tenant-colonel, brevetted  colonel  "for 
gallant  and  meritorious  services  before 
Petersburg."  He  came  to  Illinois  in 
'72  and  has  since  resided  in  Ford 
county,  dealing  in  lands  and  operat- 


ORVILLE  F.    BEEKY. 

ing  many  splendid  farms  and  raising 
fine  stock.  Is  married.  He  was  a 
member  of  Gov.  Oglesby's  and  subse- 
quently Gov.  Fifer's  military  staff, 
with  the  rank  of  colonel.  He  declined 
to  give  the  number  of  acres  of  land  he 
owns,  but  his  Illinois  holdings  are  not 
far  from  5,000  acres,  as  learned  from 


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other  sources.  Was  elected  to  the 
house  in  '84  and  '86,  and  to  the  senate 
in  '88  and  '92.  He  is  a  man  of  great 
force  of  character,  indomitable  energy 
and  quick  business  instinct,  and  no 


CHAKLKS   BOUARDUS 

man  in  the  general  assembly  is  mora 
popular  or  influential.  He  was  chair- 
man of  the  republican  caucus  in  '87, 
and  chairman  of  the  committee  to 
make  up  the  republican  membership  of 
the  senate  committees  in  '89  and  '93. 

Committees:  Revenue,  penal  and  reforma- 
tory, military,  roads  and  bridges,  senatorial 
apportionment,  building  and.  loan  associa- 
tions, world's  fair,  congressional  apportion- 
ment, agriculture. 

Brands,  Albert  L.,  (dem.),  Prai- 
rie du  Rocher;  physician.  Born  on 


ALBERT  L.  BRANDS. 

a  farm  in  St.  Genevieve  Co.,  Mo., 
April  26,  1856.  He  received  a  common 
school  education,  followed  by  a  term 
at  DeSoto  academy,  Missouri.  His 


medical  education  was  obtained  at  the 
Missouri  Medical  college  in  St.  Louis, 
graduating  in  '80,  and  moved  the  same 
year  to  Ivy  Landing,  Monroe,  Co., 
111.,  and  thence  to  his  present  home  in 
Sept.  '81.  Is  married.  He  has  never 
held  office  before,  and  was  elected  in 
'92  to  the  state  senate  over  James  Bos- 
ton, rep.,  by  a  majority  of  850.  He  is 
consistent  in  his  opposition  to  any  leg- 
islation that  will  be  likely  to  foster 
trusts  or  monopolies,  and  is  a  farmer 
champion. 

Committees:  Kxpenses  of  the  general  as- 
sembly (chairman),  library,  building  and 
loan  associations,  canals  and.  rivers,  mines 
and  mining,  county  and  township  organiza- 
tion, senatorial  apportionment,  roads  and 
bridges,  charitable  institutions,  appropria- 
tions, education,  miiitary,  penal  and  re- 
formatory. 

Caldwell,  Ben  F.,  (dem.),  Chatham; 
farmer  and  banker.  Born  near  Car- 


BEN.    F.    CALDWELL. 

rollton,  111.,  Aug.  2,  1848,  moving  with 
his  father  to  Sangamon  county  in  '53. 
Most  of  his  youth  was  spent  on  a  farm; 
was  educated  in  the  Chatham  schools. 
After  his  marriage  he  made  a  tour  of 
Europe.  He  is  a  Past  Master  in  Ma- 
sonry, and  has  taken  the  32d  degree;  is 
an  Elk  and  a  Past  Noble  Grand  in  the 
Odd  Fellows.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  house  in  '83  and  '85,  and  accom- 
plished more  for  his  constituents  than 
any  representative  the  capitol  district 
ever  had  in  the  legislature.  He  has 
served  two  terms  as  member  and  one 
as  chairman  of  the  county  board  of 
supervisors.  He  is  one  of  the  wealth- 
iest members  of  the  legislature  and  is 
in  politics  for  recreation  and  to  do 
good.  He  is  a  very  industrious  and 
influential  member.  His  farming  in- 
terests are  very  large.  Is  president  of 


LEGISLATIVE    SOUVENIR. 


the  Farmers'  National  bank  of  this 
city,  of  the  Bank  of  Virden,  and  the 
Bank  of  Chatham.  During"  the  session 
of  '91  he  introduced  and  successfully 
advocated  the  bill  reducing*  the  rate  of 
interest  from  8  to  7  per  cent.,  notwith- 
standing- he  is  a  banker  and  capitalist. 
His  popularity  is  attested  by  the  fact 


JAMES  R.    CAMPBELL. 

that  he  ran  away  ahead  of  his  ticket 
in  '90,  having  been  elected  senator 
over  P.  H.  Donnelly,  rep.  by  7,106  to 
5,340 — the  district  being  democratic  by 
about  900. 

Committees:  Banks  and  banking  (chair- 
man), railroads,  finance  and  claims,  reve- 
nue, insurance,  corporations,  public  build- 
ings, printing,  roads  and  bridges,  senatorial 
apportionment,  state  library,  agriculture, 
mines  and  mining. 

Campbell,  James  R.,  (dem.),  Mc- 
Leansboro;  editor-lawyer.  Born  in 
Crook  township,  Hamilton  Co.,  May  4, 
1853.  His  ancestors  emigrated  from 
County  Armagh,  Ireland,  and  Crook 
township  was  named  after  his  great- 
grandfather. He  was  reared  on  a 
farm,  educated  at  Notre  Dame,  and 
taught  school  after  completing  his  ed- 
ucation. In  the  meantime  he  read  law 
and  was  admitted  to  th'e  bar  in  '77. 
In  '78  he  purchased  The  McLeansboro 
Times,  the  only  democratic  paper  in 
the  county,  and  has  since  edited  it,  be- 
sides being  an  extensive  breeder  of 
Percheron  horses  and  a  large  land 
owner.  He  was  elected  to  the  house  in 
'84  and  '86,  and  advanced  to  the  senate 
by  a  constituency  that  appreciated  his 
work,  in  '88,  and  again  in  '92.  In  '85 
he  rendered  valuable  assistance  to 
Speaker  Haines  in  selecting  the  house 
committees.  In  the  senate  in  '91  he 
introduced  and  secured  the  passage  of 
a  bill  reducing  one-third  the  maximum 


price  on  public  printing,  and  making 
it  impossible  for  a  combination  to  con- 
trol the  bidding  on  state  contracts. 
He  has  been  energetic  this  year  in  an 
endeavor  to  carry  out  the  pledges  of 
the  democratic  platform  in  regard  to 
covering  the  interest  on  state  monies 
into  the  treasury. 

Committees:  Printing  (chairman),  fed- 
eral relations  (chairman),  judiciary,  rail- 
roads, revenue,  insurance,  charitable  insti- 
tutions, education,  senatorial  apportion- 
ment, agriculture,  license  and  miscellany, 
county  and  township  organization. 

Chapman,  Pleasant  T.,  (rep.),  Vi- 
enna; lawyer  and  banker,  was  born  in 
Johnson  county  on  a  farm  Oct.  8,  1854, 
where  he  lived  until  he  was  19  years 
old.  He  graduated  from  McKendree 
college  in  '76,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  at  Mt.  Vernon  in  '78.  In  '77  he 
was  elected  superintendent  of  Johnson 
county's  schools,  and  reappointed  for 
a  short  term  in  '81;  next  year  was 
chosen  county  judge,  and  again  in  '86, 
his  term  expiring  Dec.  1,  '90.  In  Nov. 
'90,  he  was  elected  to  the  senate,  re- 
ceiving 6,622  votes  to  6,048  for  C.  M. 
Farris,  dem.  He  is  married  and  is 
largely  interested  in  real  estate  and 
farms,  besides  being  president  of  the 
First  National  bank  •of  Vienna.  He 
taught  school  during  vacations  while 
attending  college  and  for  two  years 
afterwards,  and  has  been  engaged  in 


PLEAS  T.    CHAPMA 


banking,  the  law,  mercantile  business 
and  farming  for  the  past  twelve  years 
in  Johnson  county,  meantime  mixing 
in  politics  to  some  extent  as  the  above 
proves. 

Committees:  Judiciary,  railroads,  reve- 
nue, insurance,  banks  and  banking,  public 
buildings,  roads  and  bridges,  federal  rela- 
tions, senatorial  apportionment. 


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LEGISLATIVE  SOUVENIR. 


Coon,  Reuben  W.,  (rep.),  Waukeg-an; 
editor  and  publisher.  Born  May  31, 
1842  at  Frankfort,  Clinton  Co.,  Ind. 
In  '48  his  father,  who  was  a  minister, 
moved  to  Peoria  Co.,  111.,  where  he  re- 
mained until  '55,  when  he  moved  to 
Alton,  and  here  Senator  Coon  received 
his  education  at  Shurtleff  College.  He 
lived  in  Pana  from  '61  to  '70,  and  in 
'69  was  assistant  secretary  of  the  state 
senate.  While  in  Pana  he  practiced 
law,  and  had  one-half  interest  in  Tiie 
Gazette.  In  '70  he  moved  toBelvidere 
and  bought  The  Belvidere  Northwest- 
ern, which  he  owned  and  made  verv 
influential  until  '85  when  he  sold  it  and 
bought  The  Waukegan  Gazette,  one  of 
the  best  country  papers  in  the  state, 
and  one  of  the  most  powerful  republi- 
can organs  in  Northern  Illinois.  He 
was  states  attorney  of  Boone  county 
from  '80  to  '84,  and  was  elected  to  the 


RKUBEN  W.    COON. 

senate  in  '92  by  a  vote  of  8,143  to  4,764 
for  Charles  N.  Smith,  dem.  He  has 
always  been  a  republican  and  active  in 
all  campaigns. 

Committees:  Judiciary,  appropriations, 
municipalities,  banks  and  banking,  printing, 
senatorial  apportionment,  building  and  loan 
associations,  worlds  fair,  revenue,  enrolled 
and  engrossed  bills,  joint  committee  on  en- 
rolled and  engrossed  bills. 

Coppinger,  John  W.,  (dem.),  Alton; 
stone  contractor.  Born  in  Alton  Jan. 
12,  1852,  and  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Alton,  St.  Mary's  College, 
Perry ville,  Mo.,  and  at  Notre  Dame. 
He  read  law  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  '72.  He  has  been  mayor  of 
Alton.  Is  married.  He  is  popular 
with  his  colleagues  and  has  a  very 
extensive  and  valuable  acquaintance 
throughout  the  state.  He  was  elected 
to  the  house  in  '86,  and  to  the  senate 


in  '90.  In  the  session  of  '91  he  intro- 
duced a  bill  and  was  largely  instru- 
mental in  securing  its  enactment  re- 
pealing "the  Merritt  Conspiracy  Act." 
He  was  chosen  president  pro  tern  of  the 


JOHN  W.    COPPINGBR. 

senate  this  year  by  the  unanimous 
voice  of  the  democratic  caucus,  and 
while  Lieut.  Gov.  Gill  was  acting 
governor,  filled  the  chair  in  the  senate 
with  dignity  and  satisfaction. 

Committees:  Mines  and  mining  (chair- 
man), rules,  judicial  department,  railroads, 
municipalities,  military,  elections,  congres- 
sional apportionment,  canals  and  rivers, 
labor  and  manufactures. 

Craig,  Isaac  B.,  (dem.),  Mattoon; 
lawyer.  Born  in  Coles  county  April 
28,  1857.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 


SAAC   B.    CRAKi. 


lie  schools  and  at  Ann  Arbor.  He  has 
been  a  very  successful  practitioner  at 
Mattoon  for  twelve  years.  He  has 
always  taken  great  interest  in  politics, 


L.KGISJ,ATIYK    SOUVKNIK. 


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and  has  filled  various  local  offices.  He 
was  elected  to  the  house  in  '88,  and 
again  in  '90,  and  promoted  to  the  sen- 
ate in  '92,  running-  ahead  of  his  ticket, 
the  district  being  republican  on  the 
head  of  the  ticket.  Is  married.  Was 
chairman  of  the  caucus,  and  appointed 
the  steering  committee  of  democrats 
that  managed  the  Palmer  contest  for 
United  States  senator  in  '91.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  same  committee  in  the 
senate  this  year,  and  is  one  of  the 
democratic  leaders  on  the  floor.  Mr. 
Craig  is  an  earnest  and  effective  orator, 
and  one  of  the  best  members  of  the 
senate. 

Committees:  Corporations  (chairman),  ju- 
diciary, judicial  department,  revenue,  ap- 
propriations, insurance,  senatorial  appor- 
tionment, building  and  loan  associations, 
state  library-arts  and  sciences,  county  and 
township  organization. 

Crawford,  William  F.,  (rep.),  Taylor 
Ridge,  Rock  Island  Co.;  farmer.  Born 
in  Clark  Co.,  Ind.,  July  7,  1835,  and 
moved  to  Rock  Island  county  with  his 
parents  in  '42.  His  father  died  when 
he  was  8  years  old,  and  he  went  out  to 
work  on  a  farm,  receiving  only  $6  a 
month.  He  continued  this  until  he 
was  18,  when  he  was  able  to  make  a 
full  hand.  During  this  time  he  at- 
tended the  district  schools  as  best  he 
could.  He  is  married  and  is  a  success- 
ful farmer,  owning  320  acres  of  splen- 
did land  which  he  accumulated  by  his 


WILLIAM  V.     CRAWFORD. 

own  industry.  He  has  held  various 
local  offices  of  minor  importance,  and 
was  elected  to  the  house  in  '86  and  '88, 
and  promoted  to  the  senate  in  '90,  re- 
ceiving 7,720  votes  to  6,309  for  R.  H. 
Hinman,  dem.  He  enlisted  in  the 
army  in  Aug.  '61  in  the  9th  111.  Cav., 
and  served  over  three  years.  He  par- 


ticipated in  the  battle  of  Tupelo  and 
saw  a  great  deal  of  hard  service.  He 
is  a  strong  representative  of  the  far- 
mers' interests  in  the  legislature. 

Committees:  Expenses  of  the  general  as- 
semby,  corporations,  charitable  institutions, 
public  buildings,  roads  and  bridges,  federal 
relations,  canals  and  rivers,  agriculture, 
mines  and  mining,  county  and  township 
organization. 


HKNRT   M.    DUNLAP. 

Dunlap,  Henry  n.,  (rep.),  Savoy; 
farmer  and  fruit  grower,  was  born  in 
Cook  county,  Nov.  14,  1853,  and  four 
years  later  his  parents  moved  to  Savoy, 
where  he  has  lived  ever  since.  He 
was  educated  in  the  University  of  Illi- 
nois at  Urbana,  graduating  in  the 
class  of  '75  in  the  scientific  course.  Is 
married  and  owns  320  acres  of  land, 
200  of  which  are  in  bearing  apple 
orchards.  Represented  for  six  years 
Champaign  township  on  the  county 
board,  has  been  president  of  the  State 
Horticultural  society,  and  is  a  K.  P.  in 
good  standing.  He  takes  great  inter- 
est in  all  matters  pertaining  to  agri- 
culture and  horticulture. 

Committees:  Appropriations,  revenue,  ag- 
riculture, roads  and  bridges,  county  and 
township  organization,  banks  and  banking, 
waterways  and  drainage,  penal  and  reform- 
atory, fees  and  salaries,  building  and  loan 
associations. 

Evans,  Henry  H.,  (rep.),  Aurora; 
real  estate  capitalist.  The  oldest  mem- 
bar  of  the  legislature  in  consecutive 
service.  Born  in  Toronto,  Canada, 
March  9,  1836,  and  moved  to  Aurora  in 
'41.  Mr.  E}vans'  father  was  for  ten 
years  foreman  of  the  car  building 
shops  of  the  Burlington  system  Is 
married.  Was  elected  to  the  house  in 
'76  and  to  the  senate  in  '80,  '84,  '88,  '92, 
the  last  time  by  a  vote  of  10,278  to  7,929 
for  Chester  D.  Bartlett,  dem.  Was  the 


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I,KGISI,ATIVK    SOUVENIR. 


republican  nominee  for  president  pro- 
tein, is  by  virtue  of  it  the  leader  of  his 
party,  and  as  such  was  conceded  a 
chairmanship  with  clerk  and  room 
where  his  part}-  colleag-ues  can  retire 
for  consultation.  Is  financially  inter- 
ested in  real  estate  and  corporate  prop- 
erty to  a  large  extent.  He  is  one  of 
the  most  influential  members,  and  is 
regarded  as  a  man  of  ability.  Opposed 
the  election  of  Streeter  to  the  U.  S. 
senate  in  '91  by  the  republicans  and 
refused  to  vote  for  him,  although  will- 
ing to  abide  by  caucus  action  if  a 
straight-out  republican  was  selected. 
His  constituents  endorsed  his  position 
by  returning  him  to  the  senate  in  '92 
by  an  increased  majority. 

Committees:  State  library-arts  and  scien- 
ces (chairman),  railroads,  revenue,  insur- 
ance, corporations,  banks  and  banking, 
printing,  military,  building  and  loan  associ- 
ations, agriculture,  license  and  miscellany. 


Farmer,  William  M.,  (clem.),  Van- 
clalia;  lawyer.  Born  in  Fayette  county, 
June  5,  1853;  lived  on  a  farm  and  at- 
tended district  school  until  he  was  18 
years  old,  when  he  entered  McKendree 
college.  Then  he  taught  school  and 
began  reading  law  in  the  office  of 
Henry  &  Fouke  in  Vandalia.  In  '75 
he  entered  the  Union  College  of  Law 
in  Chicago  in  the  junior  class  and 
graduated  next  year.  He  was  imme- 
diately admitted  to  the  bar  and  began 
active  work  as  a  lawyer  in  Vandalia, 
where  he  has  met  with  almost  pheno- 
menal success.  For  ten  years  he  has 
been  senior  member  of  the  firm  Farmer 
&  Brown.  In  '80  was  elected  states 
attorney,  and  in  '88  to  the  house,  his 
constituents  promoting  him  to  the  sen- 
ate in  '90,  although  his  district  was  the 


hotbed  of  the  F.  M.  B.  A.  movement  in 
that  year,  and  a1  tremendous  effort  was 
made  to  defeat  him.  He  is  deservedly 
popular  and  is  one  of  the  leaders  in  the 
senate.  His  tastes  run  in  the  wav  of 


judicial  honors    rather    than    political 
office. 

Committees:  Judiciary  (chairman),  judi- 
cial department,  expenses  of  general  assem- 
bly, banks  and  banking,  building  and  loan 
associations,  state  library,  agriculture,  con- 
gressional apportionment,  world's  fair.  ,_  i 

Ferguson,  Virgil  S.,  (rep.),  Sterling; 
lawver.  Born  in  Lawrence  Co.,  Ind.r 
Sept.  18,  1844.  Five  years  later  his 
father,  who  was  a  descendent  of  one 
of  five  brothers  who  emigrated  from 
Scotland  before  the  revolutionary  war, 


VIRGIL   S.    FEIiiiUSON. 


located  in  Whiteside  county,  and  en- 
gaged in  farming  on  a  large  scale. 
Senator  Ferguson  attended  the  public 
schools  and  graduated  from  the  law 


LEGISLATIVE  sorvKNiK. 


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department  of  the  University  of  Chi- 
cago in  '68;  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
the  same  year,  and  has  since  been 
in  successful  practice  in  Sterling.  Is 
married.  He  is  a  strong  advocate 
of  compulsory  education,  and  just 
as  strongly  in  favor  of  the  teaching  of 
English  in  all  the  schools.  He  served 
on  the  board  of  supervisors  for  ten 
years  or  more;  is  now  and  has  been 
for  fifteen  years  on  the  board  of  edu- 
cation; was  elected  to  the  senate  in  '90 
by  a  vote  of  5,711  to  4,449  for  J.  M. 
Eaton,  dem.  He  never  missed  a  roll 
call  for  U.  S.  senator  in  '91,  although 
so  ill  part  of  the  time  that  his  life  was 
despaired  of  by  his  friends  and  physi- 
cians. He  is  a  good  representative, 
faithful  and  prompt  in  his  attendance. 
Committees:  Judiciary,  judicial  depart- 
ment, appropriations,  penal  and  reforma- 
tory, education,  world's  fair,  congressional 
apportionment,  canals  and  rivers,  mines 
and  mining. 

Ford,  Thomas  E.,  (dem.),  Carlyle; 
lawyer.  Born  on  a  farm  in  Clinton 
county,  May  24,  1848.  His  father  was 
a  member  of  the  assembly  of  '63 — a 
democrat,  of  course.  From  a  news- 
paper in  his  district  it  is  learned  that 
Senator  Ford's  history  is  that  of  one 
of  the  most  remarkable  men  in  Illinois, 
illustrating  the  wonderful  qualities  of 
pioneer  manhood.  Born  and  reared  on 
a  farm,  with  most  meager  opportuni- 
ties for  learning,  he  somehow  con- 


THOMAS   E.    FORU. 

trived  to  acquire  a  fair  education.  As 
a  youth  he  was  a  leader  in  local  debat- 
ing societies,  which  led  to  an  extensive 
practice  before  justices  of  the  peace  of 
the  vicinity,  and  afterwards  to  a  large 
law  practice;  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
'79.  He  has  be"e"n  active  in  politics 


since  '74,  aud  has  held  various  local 
offices.  Is  married.'  Was  elected  tc- 
the  senate  in  '92  over  J.  H.  Fricke, 
rep.,  by  a  vote  of  5,711  to  4,877. 

Committees:  Education  (chairman),  judi- 
ciary, judicial  department,  railroads,  finance 
and  claims,  revenue,  public  buildings,  fees 
and  salaries,  pi  inting,  military ,  building  and 
loan  associations,  world's  fair,  congres- 
sional apportionment,  agriculture. 


RKED    GKEKN. 

Green,  Reed,  (dem.),  Cairo;  lawyer. 
Born  in  Mt.  Vernon,  111.,  Sept.  22r 
1865,  and  educated  in  the  Southern. 
Illinois  Normal  University.  On  com- 
pleting his  education  he  taught  school 
for  two  years  in  Cairo.  He  attended 
the  Wesley  an  L,aw  School  at  Bloom- 
ington,  graduating  in  '84,  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  the  same  year,  and  has 
practiced  since  he  was  21  years  old, 
meeting  with  decided  success.  He  is 
at  present  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of 
Green  &  Gilbert,  of  Cairo,  one  of  the 
oldest  and  most  famous  in  all  "Egypt. 'r 
He  was  elected  to  the  house  in  '88,  re- 
turned in  '90,  and  advanced  to  the  sen- 
ate with  no  effort  on  his  own  part  to 
secure  the  nomination  in  '92,  receiving 
7,205  votes  to  6,465  for  J.  E.  N.  Ed- 
wards, rep.  He  was  chairman  of  the 
house  committee  on  elections  in  '91, 
and  practically  drafted  the  present 
Australian  election  law.  He  is  one  of 
the  most  eloquent  and  forcible  speak- 
ers in  the  legislature,  and  a  leader  on 
the  floor.  Is  not  married.  Senator 
Green  made  an  exceptionally  brilliant 
record  while  in  the  house  in  '89-'91. 

Committees:  Roads,  highways  and  bridges- 
(chairman) ;  visit  educational  institutions 
(chairman) ,  judiciary,  railroads,  municipali- 
ties, insurance,  education,  elections,  build- 
ing and  loan  associations,  congressional  ap- 
portionment, labor,  license,  county  and 
township  organization. 


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I,KGISJ,ATIYF;  SOUVENIR. 


Hamer,  Thomas,  (rep.),  Vermont;  re- 
tired merchant.  The  oldest  member 
of  the  general  assembly.  Was  born  in 
Union  Co.,  Penn.,  June  1,  1818,  and  in 
'46  he  moved  to  Illinois  and  established 
himself  in  business  in  Vermont.  Re- 
ceived a  common  school  education.  Is 
married.  In  August,  '62,  he  assisted 
in  recruiting  the  84th  Illinois  regiment, 
and  was  made  lieutenant-colonel.  He 
was  wounded  in  the  left  breast  and 
shoulder  at  Stone  River,  but  the 
wounds  healing  over,  he  continued  in 
active  service  until  they  broke  out  and 
incapacitated  him  for  further  service. 
He  returned  home  and  resumed  busi- 
ness until  '78,  when  he  retired.  He 
was  offered  the  place  of  post  com- 
mander at  Franklin,  Tenn.,  but  he  de- 
clined, preferring  home  to  anything 
but  service  in  the  field.  He  was  elect- 
ed to  the  house  in  '86  and  to  the  senate 


in  '88  and  '92,  the  last  time  receiving 
10,704  votes  to  8,298  for  Levi  K.  Byers, 
•dem.  He  is  highly  respected  by  his 
colleagues. 

Commi  tees:  Charitable  institutions,  pub- 
lic build  ngs  and  grounds,  military,  visit 
charitable  institutions,  waterways  and 
drainage  congressional  apportionment, 
•canals  ai  d  rivers,  mines  and  mining,  labor 
and  man  factures. 

Higbee,  Harry,  (dem.),  Pittsfield; 
lawyer.  Born  in  Pittsfield  Dec.  13, 
1854,  the  son  of  the  late  Judge  Chaun- 
cey  L.  Higbee.  Finished  his  educa- 
tion at  Yale,  entering  in  '71  and  grad- 
uating in  '75,  and  completed  his  law 
studies  at  the  Columbia  Law  School, 
New  York,  and  the  Union  College  of 
Law,  Chicago,  from  which  he  gradu- 
ated in  '78.  He  then  traveled  in  Eu- 
rope for  nine  months  accompanied  by 
Congressman  Scott  Wike,  and  on  re- 


turning  formed  a  law  partnership  with 
Mr.  Wike,  which  still  exists.  Was 
married  in  '79,  and  lost  his  wife  in  '81. 
Has  held  various  local  offices,  and  was 
elected  to  the  senate  in  '88  and  again 


HARKY   HIGHEK. 

in  '92,  running  ahead  of  his  ticket 
each  time.  He  is  largely  interested  in 
farm  lands.  Is  chairman  of  the  demo- 
cratic senate  caucus,  and  the  leader  of 
his  party  on  the  floor.  Is  strong  in 
debate,  an  indefatigable  worker,  a 
good  parliamentarian  and  very  popu- 
lar with  political  friend  and  foe. 

Committees:  Appropriations  (chairman), 
judiciary,  banks  and  banking,  fees  and  sal- 
aries, state  library,  world's  fair,  congres- 
sional apportionment,  canals  and  rivers, 
agriculture. 


Howell,  Vinton  E.,  (rep.),  Blooming- 
ton;  farmer,  was  born  in  L/icking  Co., 
O.,  Nov.  30,  1840,  and  moved  to  Mc- 
Lean county  in  '52.  He  was  educated 


LEGISLATIVE  SOUVENIR. 


in  the  common  schools,  with  one  term 
in  the  Normal  college.  When  the  war 
broke  out  he  enlisted  in  Co.  C,  33d  111. 
Inf.,  and  served  over  three  years. 
After  the  war  he  engaged  in  farming 
and  stock  raising,  in  which  he  has 
been  very  successful.  He  was  elected 
sheriff  of  McLean  county  in  '86  for 
four  years  without  opposition.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  county  board  for 
five  years,  is  married  and  owns  consid- 
erable land.  He  was  elected  to  the 
senate  in  '^92  over  his  old  neighbor, 
Hon.  Simeon  H.  West,  dem.,  by  a  vote 
of  7,391  to  6,478.  Senator  Howell  is  a 
hard  worker  in  the  senate,  and  informs 
himself  of  the  merits  of  every  bill  that 
comes  up. 

Committees:  Revenue,  municipalities,  fees 
and  salaries,  state  institutions,  roads  and 
bridges,  building  and  loan  associations, 
visit  penal  and  reformatory  institutions. 

Humphrey,  John,  (rep.),  Orland; 
lawyer.  Born  in  the  county  of  Nor- 
folk, England,  June  20,  1838,  and  was 
brought  to  this  country  by  his  parents 
a  lad  of  ten  years.  The  family  settled 
in  Cook  county,  where  he  received  a 
common  school  education.  He  read 
law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  James  P. 
Root,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
'72.  He  has  lived  in  Orland  for  many 
years,  and  practices  his  profession 
with  an  office  in  Chicago.  Is  married 
and  owns  280  acres  of  land  in  Cook 
county.  He  has  been  treasurer  of  Or- 
land for  twenty  years  and  supervisor 


JOHN  HUMPHREY. 

for  twenty-four  years.  He  was  once  a 
bailiff  under  Sheriff  Bradley.  He  was 
elected  to  the  house  in  '70,  also  in  '80, 
and  again  in  '84,  and  was  advanced  to 
the  senate  in  '86,  and  returned  in  '90  in 
the  face  of  a  determined  opposition,  by 
a  vote  of  8,772  to  7,939  for  Louis  Wag- 


ner, dem.  Senator -Humphrey's  long- 
service  has  not  been  without  recogni- 
tion, for  he  is  on  the  most  desirable 
committees.  He  is  one  of  the  most  in- 
fluential members. 

Committees:  Judiciary,  judicial  depart- 
ment, railroads,  warehouses,  municipal- 
ities, senatorial  apportionment,  waterways 
and  drainage,  congressional  apportionment, 
license  and  miscellany. 


DANIEL  D.    HUNT. 

Hunt,  Daniel  D.,  (rep.),  DeKalb; 
farmer.  Born  Sept.  19,  1835,  in  Wy- 
oming Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  came  to  DeKalb- 
county  in  '57.  For  the  last  twenty 
years  he  has  been  a  successful  farmer 
and  has  held  various  local  offices,  such 
as  supervisor,  school  trustee,  etc.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  Is 
married.  Was  elected  to  the  house  in 
'86  and  '88,  and  to  the  senate  in  '90. 
In  the  last  senate  he  was  chairman  of 
the  committees  on  agriculture,  horti- 
culture and  farm  drainage  and  live 
stock  and  dairying.  He  has  at  all 
times  served  his  state  and  district 
creditably,  and  has  introduced  and  se- 
cured the  passage  of  numerous  import- 
ant measures.  Was  the  champion  of 
the  dairy  interest  in  both  house  and 
senate. 

Committees:  Judicial  department,  insur- 
ance, corporations,  fees  and  salaries,  sena- 
torial apportionment,  building  and  loan 
associations,  world's  fair,  mines  and  mining, 
labor  and  manufactures,  county  and  town- 
ship organization. 

Hunter,  David,  (rep:),  Rockford;  far- 
mer. Was  born  in  Wyoming  Co.,  N. 
Y.,  Jan.  15,  1836,  and  came  to  Illinois 
with  his  parents  in  '44.  His  father 
settled  on  a  farm  six  miles  from  Rock- 
ford,  which  Mr.  Hunter  still  occupies. 
He  was  for  three  years  a  private  in  Co. 
C,  15th  111.  Inf.,  enlisting  May  24,  '61. 
He  was  educated  in  the  common 


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LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


schools  of  pioneer  Illinois;  is  married, 
and  owns  160  acres  of  Winnebago 
county  land.  He  has  held  various 
minor  offices,  and  has  been  continu- 
ously a  member  of  the  Illinois  legisla- 
ture since  '84,  when  he  was  elected  to 
the  house,  and  was  returned  in  '86,  '88, 
'90,  and  in  '92  he  was  advanced  to  the 
senate.  Senator  Evans  and  Speaker 
•Crafts  are  the  only  two  members  who 
have  served  longer  continuously,  while 
Senators  Campbell,  Bogardus  and  Ma- 
honey  began  in  the  house  the  same 
session  as  himself.  He  is  one  of  the 
best  members  of  the  legislature,  and 
is  always  present  during  sessions. 

Committees:  Revenue,  penal  and  reform- 
atory, municipalities,  military,  elections, 
agriculture,  county  and  township  organiza- 
tion, finance  and  claims. 


DAVID   HUNTKR. 

Johnson,  C.  Porter,  (dem.),  Chicago; 
lawyer.  Born  in  Vermilion  Co.,  111., 
Aug.  15,  1866.  His  path  was  not 
strewn  with  roses  in  early  life,  and 
every  step  on  the  ladder  has  been 
earned  by  hard  work  and  close  appli- 
cation. His  ability  as  a  lawyer  and 
his  usefulness  as  a  legislator  were  not 
advertised  in  advance  of  his  time. 
This  is  his  first  public  office,  and  he  is 
already  recognized  as  one  of  the  most 
fluent  public  speakers  and  the  equal  in 
debate  of  any  senator.  He  was  educa- 
ted at  Lee's  Academy  in  Coles  county, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  '87, 
opening  an  office  in  Chicago  the  same 
year,  and  has  a  large  and  profitable 
practice.  He  was  town  attorney  for 
the  Town  of  Lake  in  '90,  and  in  '92 
was  tendered  the  nomination  for  con- 
gress, but  declined,  and  was  elected 
senator  from  the  Second  district, 
Avhich  gave  an  overwhelming  republi- 


can majority  for  Harrison  in  '88,  re- 
ceiving 28,326  votes  to  27,367  for  Perry 
A.  Hull,  rep. 

Committees:    Enrolled  and  engrossed  bills 
(chairman),  elections  (chairman),  joint  com- 


C.    1'OKTKK  JOHNSON. 

uittee  on  enrolled  and  engrossed  bills 
chairman),  judiciary,  railroads,  revenue, 
aunicipalities,  banks  and  banking,  penal 
ud  reformatory,  visit  charitable  institu- 
ions,  world's  fair,  congressional  apportion - 
nuiit,  agriculture. 

Knopf,  Philip,  (rep.),  Chicago;  real 
e-tate  and  loans.  Born  at  Long 
Grove,  Lake  Co.,  111.,  Nov.  18,  1847, 
and  moved  to  Chicago  in  '66.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at 
Bryant  &  Stratton's  Business  College, 
where  he  spent  one  year.  Is  married. 


PHILIP     KNOPF. 


In  the  spring  of  '65  he  enlisted  in  Co. 
I,  147th  111.  Inf.,  when  not  quite  16 
years  old.  He  was  elected  to  the  sen- 
ate in  '86  and  re-elected  in  '90  by  a 


LEGISLATIVE  SOUVENIR. 


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vote  of,  7,209  to  5,782  for  Thomas  J. 
Diven,  dem.  He  was  chief  deputy  cor- 
oner of  Cook  county  for  eight  years 
under  Henry  L.  Hertz.  Has  taken 
prominent  part  in  all  legislation,  par- 


AKTHDR  A.  LEEPER. 

ticularly  as  affecting-  Cook  county;  he 
is  always  in  attendance. 
^Committees :  Judicial  department,  educa- 
tion, railroads,  municipalities,  fees  and  sal- 
aries, military,  federal  relations,  waterways 
and  drainage,  congressional  apportionment, 
license  and  miscellany. 

Leeper,  Arthur  A.,  (dem.),  Virginia; 
lawyer.  Born  on  a  farm  near  Chand- 
lerville,  Cass  county,  Aug.  21,  1855. 
He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools 
and  at  Eureka  College,  and  graduated 
from  the  law 'department  of  the  State 


GEORGE  R.  LETOURNEAU. 

University  at  Iowa  City  in  '75.  Is 
married.  Senator  L/eeper  was  states 
attorney  of  Cass  county  from  '76  to 
'80,  and  was  elected  state  senator  in 


'88  for  four  years,  and  was  re-elected 
in  '92  by  a  vote  of  7,998  to  5,979  for  W. 
M.  Grimwood,  rep.  The  Senator  is  a 
man  of  firmness  and  recognized  ability 
as  a  lawyer  and  parliamentary  tacti- 
cian. He  stands  high  with  his  col- 
leagues in  the  senate,  and  was  chosen 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  rail- 
roads this  session  but  declined. 

Committees:  Railroads,  judiciary,  judicial 
department,  corporations,  insurance,  rules, 
roads  and  bridges,  canals  and  rivers,  sena- 
torial apportionment. 

Letourneau,  George  R.,  (rep.),  Kan- 
kakee;  lumber  and  coal  dealer,  retired. 
Born  in  St.  Thomas,  Canada,  Feb.  23, 
1833,  and  in  '47  came  alone  to  Illinois. 
After  remaining  a  year  in  Chicago,  he 
caught  the  gold  fever  and  struck  across 
the  plains  for  California.  In  '52  he  re- 
turned and  settled  at  Bourbonnais 
Grove,  then  in  Will  county,  now  in 


JOSEPH  P.    MAHONEY. 

Kankakee,  where  he  remained  until 
'83,  when  he  moved  to  Kankakee.  He 
received  a  good  common  school  educa- 
tion. He  was  elected  circuit  clerk  in 
'72,  sheriff  in  '82,  and  county  treasurer 
in  '86,  and  in  '92  was  elected  senator, 
receiving  7,387  votes  to  6,672  for  A.  L,. 
Granger,  dem.  Is  married  but  lost  his 
wife  six  years  ago.  He  has  had  twelve 
children  and  all  are  living. 

Committees:  Railroads,  appropriations, 
public  buildings,  canals  and  rivers,  license 
and  miscellany,  mines  and  mining,  labor  and 
manufactures,  printing,  county  and  town- 
ship organization. 

flahoney,  Joseph  P.,  (dem.),  Chicago; 
lawyer.  Born  in  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  Nov. 
1,  1863,  and  moved  to  Chicago  with  his 
parents  in  '66.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  and  graduated  at  the 
West  Side  high  school.  Then  he  read 
law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  John  N.  Jew- 


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LEGISLATIVE  SOI'VKNIR. 


ett,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  '84, 
and  elected  the  same  year  to  the  house, 
being  21  years  of  age  the  Saturday  pre- 
ceding election  clay.  He  was  re-elected 
to  the  house  in  '86  and  '88,  and  ad- 
vanced to  the  senate  in  '90  by  a  vote  of 
7,946  to  3,707  for  James  Monahan,  rep. 
He  is  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the 
legislature  in  continuous  service.  Is 
not  married.  Senator  Mahoney  is  one 
of  the  readiest  debaters  and  best  par- 
liamentarians in  the  state;  quick  in  re- 
tort and  apt  in  repartee.  He  was  ap- 
Sinted  to  the  board  of  education  in 
dcago  last  year  by  Mayor  Wash- 
burn,  but  resigned.  He  has  an  exten- 
sive law  practice  and  is  very  success- 
ful in  his  profession. 

Committees  :  I'enal  and  reformatory  (chair- 
man), judiciary,  warehouses,  appropria- 
tions, municipalities,  insurance,  corpora- 
tions, banks  and  banking,  education,  elec- 
tions, senatorial  apportionment,  world's 
fair,  waterways  and  drainage,  license  and 
miscellany. 

flanecke,  Harmon,  (dem.),  Oakley, 
Macon  Co.;  farmer.  Born  in  Hancock 
Co.,  O.,  Dec.  16,  1850,  and  at  11  years 
of  age  was  left  an  orphan.  He  worked 
on  a  farm  and  attended  district  school 
and  the  high  school  at  Fostoria  sev- 
eral terms.  In  '68  he  moved  to  Macon 
county  and  worked  as  a  farm  hand  un- 
til '72,  when  he  commenced  farming 
for  himself.  Was  elected  town  clerk 
of  Oakley  in  '74  and  served  three  terms 
and  has  represented  his  township  011 


HARMON  MANJSCKB. 

the  board  of  supervisors  for  eleven 
terms.  Is  married.  Was  elected  to 
the  senate  in  '90  by  a  majority  of  over 
l,000,although  the  district  was  strongly 
republican,  receiving  6,927  votes  to 
5,902  for  James  Milliken,  rep.  In  '72 
he  became  a  democrat,  when  war  taxes 


and  protective  tariffs  were  first  dis- 
cussed since  the  war.  There  is  no  more 
conscientious  nor  industrious  member 
of  the  legislature. 

Committees:  Agriculture  (chairman),  ju- 
dicial department,  appropriations,  munici- 
palities, charitable  institutions,  railroads, 
roads  and  bridges,  congressional  apportion- 
ment, mines  and  mining,  county  and  town- 
ship organization. 


WILLIAM  A.    MUSSETT. 

Mussett,  William  A.,  (rep.),  Gray- 
ville;  teacher.  Born  in  Grayville  Jan. 
2,  1865,  and  educated  at  the  Danville 
(Ind.)  Normal  and  the  Indiana  Univer- 
sity at  Bloomington,  graduating  as 
the  president  of  the  class  of  '89,  and 
was  second  in  the  oratorical  contest  of 
that  year.  Was  superintendent  of  the 
Grayville  schools  from  '89  to  '92,  and 
brought  them  up  to  a  high  point  of 
efficiency.  Is  not  married.  He  has 
made  a  particularly  good  impression 
on  the  senators,  and  will  ultimately 
make  the  law  his  profession.  Was 
elected  to  the  senate  in  '92,  receiving 
6,964  votes  to  6,198  for  the  old  veteran 
politician  and  democratic  war  horse, 
James  C.  Allen — a  decided  compliment 
to  Mr.  Mussett's  popularity  and  abilitv. 

Committees:  Judicial  department,  ware- 
houses, expenses  of  general  assembly,  cor- 
porations, education,  elections,  senatorial 
apportionment,  to  visit  educational  institu- 
tions, state  library. 

Niehaus,  John  fl.,  (dem.),  Peoria; 
lawyer,  was  born  in  Warendorf ,  West- 
phalia, Feb.  15,  1855.  The  Senator's 
father,  who  was  a  hardware^  merchant 
in  the  old  country,  emigrated  to 
America  the  same  year  and  the  fam- 
ily followed  a  year  later,  stopping  first 
at  Pittsburg  for  a  year  and  then  re- 
moving to  Peoria,  where  the  family 
has  lived  ever  since.  John  M.  was 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


educated  principally  in  private  Ger- 
man schools,  having-  special  instruc- 
tion in  Latin  and  the  classics;  he  also 
spent  a  term  in  a  business  college, 
graduating-  in  '71.  Read  law  with 


JOHN  M.    NIBHAUS. 

O'Brien  &  Harmon,  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  '74,  and  beg-an  practice  in 
'77.  Was  elected  to  the  house  in  '80 
and  was  chosen  state's  attornej-  of 
Peoria  county  in  '83  to  fill  an  unex- 
pired  term,  being  re-elected  in  '84  and 
ag-ain  in  '88;  elected  senator  in  '92. 

Committees:  Congressional  apportion- 
ment (chairman),  judiciary,  warehouses, 
revenue,  municipalities,  penal  and  reforma- 
tory, fees  and  salaries,  building  and  loan  as- 
sociations, world's  fair,  waterways  and 
drainage,  canals  and  rivers,  agriculture. 


EDWARD    T.  NOONAN. 


Noonan,  Edward  T.,  (dem.),  Chicago. 
Born  in  Macomb,  111.,  October 23,  1861. 
His  father,  an  officer  under  Sherman, 
was  killed  in  the  battle  of  Atlanta. 


He  moved  to  Chicago  with  his  mother 
in  '68,  and  now  resides  at  398  Washing- 
ton boulevard.  Received  the  degree 
of  L.  L.  B.  from  the  University  of 
Michigan,  and  read  law  with  Judge 
Van  H.  Higgins,  and  Hon.  C.  C.  Bon- 
ney.  Was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  '82, 
and  is  now  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
real  estate  and  corporation  law.  Was 
appointed  aid-de-camp,  with  rank  as 
colonel,  on  the  staff  of  Governor  Alt- 
geld.  Is  president  of  the  Building 
Society  Secretaries'  Club,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Iroquois,  Ashland, 
White  Chapel  and  Sheridan  clubs  of 
Chicago,  and  is  not  married.  Was 
the  first  democratic  senator  ever  elect- 
ed from  his  district  and  was  one  of  the 
noble  "101". 

Senator  Noonan  is  a  member  of  sev- 
eral important  committees. 


ANDREW  J.    O' CONOR. 

O'Conor,  Andrew  J.,  (dem.),  L,aSalle; 
lawyer.  Born  in  LaSalle,  July  19, 
1852,  and  received  his  education  in  the 
schools  of  that  city  and  at  Niagara 
College.  Taught  school  two  years 
and  read  law  at  the  same  time;  was 
admitted  to  practice  in  '76.  He  formed 
a  law  partnership  with  Hon.  James  W. 
Duncan,  whose  sister  he  married  the 
same  year.  The  partnership  con- 
tinued until  '86,  when  Mr.  Duncan 
moved  to  Chicago.  Mr.  O'Conor  has 
the  faculty  of  attracting  to  him  friends 
who  are  with  him  to  the  death.  Has 
held  minor  offices  at  home,  mayor,  city 
attorney,  school  treasurer,  etc.,  and 
when  he  entered  the  senate  in  '91  he 
assumed  a  commanding  position  as 
democratic  leader.  Senator  O'Conor 
possesses  the  confidence  of  Governor 
Altgeld  probably  more  than  any  other 
man  outside  the  governor's  family, 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


and  had  a  great  deal  to  do  with  shap- 
ing" the  work  of  the  last  democratic 
state  convention,  and  he  could  have 
had  the  nomination  for  attorney  gen- 
eral  in  '92  without  asking"  for  it. 

Committees:-  World's  Columbian  exposi- 
tion (chairman),  labor  and  manufactures 
(chairman),  judiciary,  judicial  department, 
appropriations,  penal  and  reformatory, 
education,  federal  relations,  elections,  con- 
gressional apportionment,  canals  and  rivers, 
mines  and  mining. 

O'Malley,  John  F.,  (dem.),  Chicago; 
clerk.  Born  in  Chicago,  April  12,  1860. 
Educated  in  Chicago's  public  schools. 
Began  earning  a  living  for  himself  in 
the  coal  yards  of  the  north  side,  and 
afterwards  entered  into  partnership  in 
the  sale  of  coal  with  Mr.  Mullins.  Is 
not  married.  Was  elected  supervisor 
for  the  North  Town  in  '84,  and  was  re- 
elected  in  '85.  For  several  3rears  he 
was  clerk  in  the  office  of  North  Town 
Assessor  Samuel  B.  Chase.  He  is  a 
staunch  democrat  and  never  wavered 
in  his  fidelity  to  Gen.  Palmer  during 
the  senatorial  fight  of  '91.  Was  elected 
state  senator  in  '90  over  Michael  F. 
Garrity,  rep.  by  a  vote  of  5,218  to  3,035. 
Senator  O'Malley  is  one  of  the  best 
workers  in  the  democratic  party  in 
Cook  county,  and  is  generally  a  winner 

Committees:  Warehouses  (chairman),  ju- 
dicial department,  expenses  of  the  general 
assembly,  corporations,  charitable  institu- 
tions, penal  and  reformatory,  public  build- 


JOHN  F.    O'MALLEY. 

ings,  federal  relations,  senatorial  apportion- 
ment, world's  fair,  license  and  miscellany, 
labor  and  manufactures. 

Paisley,  George  W.,  (dem.),  Hills- 
boro;  farmer,  coal  operator  and  law- 
yer, was  born  in  Montgomery  county, 
March  1,  1838,  and  was  educated  in  the 
common  schools  and  at  Hillsboro 
Academy.  Entered  the  army  in  '62 


and  served  three  years  in  Co.  I,  122d 
111.  Inf.,  and  on  his  return  from  the 
war  was  elected  county  surveyor. 
Then  he  studied  law  and  was  admitted 
in  '70,  and  practiced  for  about  six 
years,  when  he  founded  The  Mont- 
gomery News,  a  democratic  news- 
paper of  wide  influence.  Was  chosen 


GEORGE  W.    PAISLEY. 

master  in  chancery  and  served  from 
'68  to  '79.  Was  elected  to  the  house  in 
'80,  and  in  '85  was  appointed  one  of 
three  inspectors  of  surveyors  of  the 
general  and  district  land  offices  by 
President  Cleveland,  and  resigned  in 
May  '89,  after  opening  one  of  the  land 
offices  in  Oklahoma.  Is  married.  Is 
one  of  the  best  posted  men  in  Illinois 
on  revenue  and  taxation  questions.  Is 
a  careful  and  industrious  member,  of 
pronounced  ability,  and  was  elected  to 
the  senate  by  a  vote  of  7,331  to  5,842 
for  W.  W.  Weeden,  rep. 

Committees:  Rules  (chairman),  revenue 
(chairman),  judiciary,  appropriations,  cor- 
porations, printing,  visit  educational  insti- 
tutions, congressional  apportionment,  mines 
and  mining. 

Reavill,  Andrew  J.,  (dem.),  Flat 
Rock,  Crawford  Co.;  farmer  and  stock- 
man. Born  Dec.  24,  1834,  on  the  farm 
he  now  owns,  one  mile  and  one-half 
from  Flat  Rock.  His  father  located 
there  in  '17,  and  nobody  will  dispute 
Senator  Reavill's  claim  as  a  pioneer  of 
the  state.  Senator  Reavill's  education 
was  limited  to  the  rudiments  of  learn- 
ing, taught  in  the  district  schools  of 
that  primitive  time.  Is  married.  Was 
a  member  of  the  house  in  '77  and  '79, 
and  chosen  to  represent  his  district  in 
the  senate  in  '86  and  again  in  '90.  The 
senator  has  been  a  life-long  democrat, 
and  enjoys  the  confidence  of  his  con- 


LEGISLATIVE    SOUVENIR. 


stituents.  He  has  accumulated  a  com- 
petency by  close  application,  untiring 
industry  and  shrewdness.  Was  one  of 
the  most  important  figures  and  did  not 
a  little  to  insure  the  election  of  Gen. 


ANDREW  J.   RBAVILL. 

Palmer  to  the  senate  in  '91.  He  is  a 
quiet, unostentatious, yet  a  very  shrewd 
member. 

Committees:  County  and  township  organi- 
zation (chairman),  railroads,  warehouses, 
finance  and  claims,  expenses  of  general  as- 
sembly, insurance,  banks  and  banking, 
penal  and  reformatory,  roads  and  bridges, 
senatorial  apportionment,  world's  fair,  ag- 
riculture. 

Salomon,  Hoses,  (dem.),  lawyer  and 
manufacturer.  Born  in  Peoria,  Dec. 
13, 1857,  and  four  years  later  his  father 


MOSES   SALOMON. 


moved  to  Chicago  with  his  family. 
Was  educated  in  the  common  schools 
and  at  the  Union  College  of  Law  in 
Chicago,  after  which  he  read  law  in 


Allen  C.  Story's  office  and  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  in  '80.  Is  not  married. 
Is  president  of  the  Chicago  Architec- 
tural Iron  Works,  one  of  the  largest 
industries  of  its  kind  in  the  United 
Sates;  160  men  are  employed.  Is  in- 
terested in  legislation  that  will  pro- 
tect the  people  from  the  greed  of  mon- 
opolies and  trusts,  and  advocates  the 
opening  of  all  markets  to  fair  com- 
petition, and  just  and  equal  taxation. 
Senator  Salomon  is  very  popular 
among  his  constituents,  having  been 
elected  in  '92  in  a  strong  republican 
district,  the  first  democrat  to  break 
the  republican  majority,  receiving 
12,721  votes  to  11,691  for  Alexander 
White,  rep. 

Committees:  Insurance  (chairman;,  judi- 
ciary, railroads,  corporations,  public  build- 
ings, federal  relations,  congressional  appor- 
tionment, license  and  miscellany,  labor  and 
manufactures,  municipalities,  revenue. 


THOMAS  H.    SHKKIDAN. 

Sheridan,  Thomas  H.,  (rep.),  Gol- 
conda;  lawyer.  Born  in  Pope  county 
Dec.  16,  1860,  and  has  had  a  hard  row 
to  hoe,  but  is  now  past  the  rockiest 
part  of  the  journey  of  life.  The  sen- 
ator's father  died  when  he  was  6  years 
old,  leaving  a  widow  and  six  children, 
two  girls  and  four  boys.  It  is  said  that 
he  was  born  in  a  cave,  and  Pope  county 
has  many  of  them,  his  father  being  too 
poor  to  build  a  log  hut  on  their  rocky 
tract  of  land.  About  the  time  of  the 
father's  death  the  mother  with  her  de- 
pendent little  ones  moved  to  Golconda, 
and  for  several  years  she  took  in 
washing  and  supported  them  the  best 
she  could,  taking  care  that  they  at- 
tended school.  In  '71  the  youngest 
son,  then  9  years  of  age,  was  drowned, 
and  in  '76  the  eldest,  the  then  support 
of  the  family,  met  the  same  fate.  The 


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LEGISLATIVE   SOI  V KN I  K . 


same  year  the  second  oldest  went  to 
California,  and  Senator  Sheridan,  then 
16  years  old,  quit  school  and  went  to 
work  in  a  spoke  factory  at  $2  a  week, 
and  worked  at  that  and  in  a  brick  yard 
and  printing-  office  until  September, 
'79.  The  senator  then  received  a  teach- 
er's certificate,  taught  school  in  the 
winter  and  ran  a  confectionery  store 
in  summer.  Meantime  he  studied  law, 
was  admitted  to  practice  in  '83  and 
practiced  and  taug-ht  school  for  two 
years;  was  elected  county  superintend- 
ent of  schools  to  fill  a  vacancy  and  re- 
elected  in  '86.  Is  married,  and  was 
elected  senator  in  '90  over  John  Blan- 
chard,  clem.,  after  a  terrific  fight  by  a 
vote  of  6,104  to  5,974. 

Committees :  Judiciary,  judicial  depart- 
ment, finance  and  claims,  education,  elec- 
tions, building  and  loan  associations,  state 
library,  congressional  apportionment. 

Seibert,  Peter,  (dem.),  Fayetteville: 
farmer.  Born  in  the  Grand  Duchy  of 
Hesse  Darmstadt.  April  24,  1844.  Emi- 
grated to  America  with  his  parents 
who  moved  on  a  farm  3)4  miles  east  of 
Belleville  in  '52.  There  he  was  raised 
and  educated,  althoug-h  he  spent  some 
time  at  the  Belleville  hig-h  school. 
Has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of 
supervisors  and  was  a  member  when 
St.  Clair  county  was  org-anized  under 
township  org-anization.  Is  married. 
Never  soug-ht  an  office  and  was  elected 
.senator  in  '90,  receiving-  6,054  votes  to 


S.  C.  Smiley's  (rep.)  4,951,  running- sev- 
eral hundred  ahead  of  his  ticket.  Sen- 
ator Seibert  was  a  republican  until  '80, 
and  beg-an  voting-  the  democratic  ticket 
in  '82,  the  tariff  policy  of  the  republi- 
cans being"  too  much  for  him.  He  has 
been  a  democrat  ever  since. 


Committees:  Charitable  institutions  (chair- 
man), revenue,  appropriations,  roads  and 
bridges,  agriculture,  Congressional  appor- 
tionment, militaiy,  penal  and  reformatory, 
mines  and  mining,  county  and  township  or- 
ganization. 

Thiele,  Emil,  (dem.),  Chicag-o:  drug- 
g-ist.  Born  near  Colog-ne  on  the  Rhine, 
March  2,  1859,  and  emigrated  to  Chi- 


EMIL  THIELE. 

cag-o  soon  after  the  great  fire.  Served 
for  a  time  while  a  boy  in  a  drug-  store, 
and  graduated  from  the  Chicag-o  Col- 
leg-e  of  Pharmacy  in  '80.  He  has  owned 
his  present  drug-  store  on  Archer  ave- 
nue for  about  seven  years,  and  has  an 
interest  in  another  one.  Is  not  mar- 
ried. Was  nominated  as  a  representa- 
tive of  the  strong-  German  element  in 
his  district,  and  his  popularity  among 
his  neig-hbors  is  attested  by  the  fact 
that  he  was  elected  in  '90  over  Richard 
Burke,  rep.  and  lab.,  the  preceding- 
senator,  by  a  vote  of  8,601  to  4,930. 
Senator  Thiele  has  always  voted  with 
that  element  in  the  senate  that  has 
sought  to  restrict  the  powers  and  priv- 
ileges of  corporations  and  monopolies, 
although  he  does  not  go  to  an  extreme. 
Is  always  in  attendance. 

Committees:  Municipalities  (chairman), 
judicial  department,  revenue,  expenses  of 
thegeneral  assembly,  charitable  institutions, 
penal  and  reformatory,  education,  elections, 
senatorial  apportionment,  library,  labor  and 
manufactures. 

Wall,  Hampton  W.,  (dem.).  Statin- 
ton:  retired  farmer.  Born  Nov.  10, 
1832,  on  a  farm  near  Staunton.  Re- 
ceived a  common  school  education.  Is 
married.  Has  filled  the  offices  of  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  and  member  of  the 
board  of  supervisors,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  House  of  Representatives  in 
'77  and  '79.  Was  elected  to  the  state 
senate  in  '92  over  James  H.  Hackett, 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


rep.,  by  a  vote  of  9,096  to  7,287,  running- 
ahead  of  his  ticket.  Senator  Wall 
stands  plump  on  the  democratic  plat- 
form and  insists  that  all  pledges  ought 
to  be  fulfilled.  The  senator  has  made 


HAMPTON  W.    WALL. 

a  strong  fight  this  session  for  economy 
in  the  expenditure  of  public  money. 

Committees:  Finance  and  claims  (chair- 
m;in),  warehouses,  revenue,  appropriations, 
insurance,  public  buildings,  roads  an  I 
bridges,  senatorial  apportionment,  building 
and  loan  associations,  mines  and  mining, 
county  and  township  organization,  federal 
relations. 

Wells,  Albert  W.,  (dem.),  Quincy; 
lawyer.  Born  in  South  Woodstock, 
Conn.,  May  9,  1841.  Received  an 
academic  education,  and  spent  his 
early  days  on  a  farm.  Taught  school 


ALBEKT  W.    WELLS. 

in  New  Jersey  for  several  years,  re- 
signing to  enlist  in  the  Union  army. 
Senator  Wells  took  a  full  law  course  at 
Columbia  college,  and  was  admitted  to 


the  bar  in  New  York  city.  He  moved 
to  Quincy  in  '70,  has  been  a  successful 
lawyer  ever  since,  and  stands  high  at 
the  bar.  Has  held  various  offices  of 
trust,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the 
board  of  education  of  Quincy  for  sev- 
eral years,  and  is  president  of  the 
board  now.  Is  a  director  and  the  at- 
torney for  the  Ricker  National  bank, 
and  holds  a  like  position  in  the  Quincy 
Cxas  company  and  other  companies. 
Is  married  and  has  a  family.  Was 
elected  to  the  house  in  '86  and  again 
in  '88;  advanced  to  the  senate  in  '90 
practically  without  opposition,  the  re- 
publicans not  naming  a  man  against 
him.  The  senator  has  been  a  leader  in 
every  legislature  of  which  he  has  been 
a  member;  was  chairman  of  the  house 
caucus  in  '89,  and  of  the  senate  caucus 
in  '91,  and  has  served  on  the  most  im- 
portant committees  in  both  branches. 


SAMUEL  W.   WRIGHT,  JR. 

Committees:  Judicial  department,  (chair- 
man), judiciary,  railroads,  appropriations, 
penal  and  reformatory,  education,  printing, 
elections,  congressional  apportionment, 
license  and  miscellany,  labor  and  manufac- 
tures. 

Wright,  Samuel  W.,  Jr.,  (dem.),  Sul- 
livan ;  farmer.  Was  born  in  Moul- 
trie  county,  June  30,  1850,  and  is  now 
an  extensive  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
owning  a  fine  farm  about  three  miles 
from  Sullivan.  Was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  finished  in  Bastian's 
Seminary,  Sullivan,  at  that  time  an 
institution  of  considerable  celebrity. 
Is  a  representative  farmer,  and  has 
served  several  terms  on  the  board  of 
supervisors  from  Sullivan  township, 
and  was  chairman  most  of  the  time. 
Is  a  good  substantial  representative  of 
the  farmer  class  in  the  legislature.  Is 
married.  Was  elected  to  the  senate  in 


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I.KGISI.ATIYE   SOUVENIR. 


'90,  when  the  fanners'  movement  was 
rampant  in  Central  Illinois,  and  when 
his  district,  usually  reliably  demo- 
cratic, was  in  doubt;  he  polled  6,694 
votes  to  3,250  for  Wm.  G.  Cochran, 
rep.,  and  3, 107 for  George  Kincade,  peo. 
Committees:  Railroads  (chairman),  pub- 
lic buildings  and  grounds  (chairman),  fei  s 
and  salaries  (chairman),  judicial  depart  - 


LOUIS   ZEAR1NG. 

iiient,  warehouses,  appropriations,  corpora- 
tions, charitable  institutions,  senatorial  ap- 
portionment, visit  penui  and  reformatory, 
world's  fair,  agriculture,  county  and  town- 
ship organization. 

Zearing,  Louis,  (rep.),  Ladd;  farmer. 
Born  in  Cumberland  Co.,  Perm.,  Sept. 
10,  1827,  and  moved  with  his  parents  to 
Bureau  county  in  '36.  Was  educated 
in  the  district  schools  of  primitive  Illi- 
nois. One  of  his  early  experiences 
was  the  marketing'  in  Chicago  of  a  load 
of  wheat  taken  to  the  embryo  metrop- 
olis by  ox  team.  In  '50  he  crossed  the 
plains  to  California  and  in  that  state 
cast  his  first  vote,  for  a  republican,  of 
course — Winfield  Scott  for  president 
in  '52.  Returning  from  California  in 
'54,  he  married  and  began  farming, 
and  has  held  various  local  offices.  Was 
elected  to  the  senate  in  '90  by  a  vote 
of  5,018  to  4,641  for  Simon  Ellio'tt,  dem. 
Is  one  of  the  most  reliable  and  indus- 
trious members,  and  is  held  in  high 
esteem.  Mr.  Zearing  never  misses  a 
session,  and  his  record  in  the  general 
assembly  of  '93,  as  well  as  in  that  of 
'91,  will  bear  the  closest  investigation. 
The  Senator  is  a  staunch  republican, 
and  acts  on  his  own  judgment  on  all 
questions  not  of  a  purely  party  nature. 

Committees:  Expenses  of  general  assem- 
bly, charitable  institutions,  penal  and  refor- 
matory, public  buildings,  printing,  roads 
and  bridges,  state  library,  canals  and  rivera, 
agriculture,  labor  and  manufactures. 


Taylor,  Rev.  Frederick  Wm.,  D.  D., 

Chaplain  of  the  Senate,  is  the  eldest 
son  of  Maj.  Alfred  Taylor,  M.  D.,  and 
Helen  M.  Leonard,  and  was  born  in 
Toledo,  O.,  Jan.  11,  1853.  Both  his 
paternal  and  maternal  grandfathers 
were  army  officers  in  the  war  of  1812, 
and  his  father  was  surgeon  with  the 
rank  of  major  in  the  2d  O.  Cav.  during 
the  late  war  from  '61  to  '63.  Rev.  Ur. 
Taylor's  early  life  was  passed  in 
Cleveland,  of  which  his  grandfather 
Elisha  Taylor,  was  one  of  the  earliest 
settlers  and  most  prominent  citizens. 
Rev.  Dr.  Taylor  graduated  from  West- 
ern Reserve  University  in  '73  and  from 
the  General  Theological  Seminary  in 
New  York  in  '76.  After  two  ye'ars' 
ministry  in  Ohio  and  New  York,  he 
was  appointed  Rector  of  Holy  Trinity 
Parish,  Danville,  111.,  in  '78,  "where  he 
remained  until  Sept.  '86,  when  he  be- 
came Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Pro-Cathe- 
dral, in  the  See  City  of  the  Diocese, 
Springfield.  Here  he  has  led  a  busy 
life  as  a  Parish  Priest,  and  in  the  af- 
fairs of  the  Diocese  as  one  of  the 
Archdeacons,  and  as  a  member  of  var- 
ious diocesan  boards,  and  editor  of  the 
diocesan  paper.  He  has  sat  in  four 
successive  General  Conventions  of  the 
Episcopal  church,  as  one  of  the  Clin- 
ical Deputies  from  the  Diocese  of 
Springfield,  and  has  taken  an  active 
part  in  the  debates  and  legislation  of 
that  dignified  body.  He  is  the  first 


CHAPLAIN  TAYLOR. 

Priest  of  the  Episcopal  Church  who 
has  been  Chaplain  of  the  Senate.  He 
is  a  strict  churchman  in  religion,  and 
a  democrat  in  politics.  He  is  a  plain, 
clear  and  forcible  preacher,  and  is 
well  known  in  his  church  as  a  tren- 
chant writer. 


LKGISLAT1VK   SOUVENIR. 


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THE  SPEAKER. 


The  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives, Hon.  Clayton  E}.  Crafts,  is 
now  serving  his  sixth  consecutive  term 
as  a  member  of  the  lower  branch  of 
the  general  assembly,  having  been 
elected  in  '82,  '84,  '86,  '88,  '90,  '92.  This 
is  his  second  term  as  speaker — the  only 
two  sessions  when  his  party  has  been 
in  a  clear  majority  in  the  house  since 
1863.  Mr.  Crafts  was  born  in  Auburn, 
Geanga  Co.,  O.,  July  8,  1848.  His 
father  and  his  grandfather  were  far- 


of  the  Iroquois  Club  and  the  County 
Democracy,  and  is  one  of  the  most 
skillful  leaders  in  the  state.  As  a  par- 
liamentarian he  is  the  peer  of  any 
man.  He  was  the  candidate  of  the 
democrats  for  speaker  in  the  session 
of  '87,  and  also  in  '89,  '91,  and  '93,  and 
has  been  regarded  as  the  democratic 
leader  in  every  session  after  his  first. 
He  is  earnest,  incisive  and  forcible  in 
debate,  and  there  is  no  one  to  compete 
with  him  in  shrewd  manipulation  of 
parliamentary  law.  As  speaker  his 
fairness  and  impartiality  are  conceded 
even  by  his  political  enemies.  To  Mr. 


mers,  and  the  latter  was  about  the 
only  man  in  his  neighborhood  that  was 
capable  of  drawing  up  legal  documents 
while  the  former  was  the  only  demo- 
crat in  Auburn  for  many  years.  Mr. 
Crafts  was  educated  at  Hiram  College, 
one  of  the  most  famous  educational  in- 
stitutions of  Ohio,  and  is  a  graduate  of 
the  Cleveland  Law  School,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  '68.  A  portion 
of  his  legal  study  was  pursued  in  the 
office  of  John  J.  Van  Allen,  a  cele- 
brated lawyer  and  politician  of  New 
York.  He  moved  to  Chicago  in  '69, 
and  has  had  a  most  extraordinarily 
successful  practice  ever  since.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 


Crafts  more  than  any  man  is  due  the 
credit  for  the  successful  contest  made 
by  the  democrats  in  the  last  general 
assembly  for  the  election  of  Gen.  Pal- 
mer to  the  United  States  senate. 

As  a  delegate  to  state  and  national 
democratic  conventions  Mr.  Crafts  has 
had  a  great  deal  to  do  in  shaping  the 
policy  of  his  party,  as  well  as  selecting 
candidates  for  the  endorsement  of  the 
people.  He  is  a  strict  party  man,  and 
believes  in  a  strong  organization  of 
his  party  in  the  legislature,  with  a  rig- 
orous espionage  on  those  who  neglect 
their  duties.  Mr.  Crafts  lives  in  the 
suburban  village  of  Austin,  in  Cook 
county,  is  married  and  well  to  do. 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


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THE  HOUSE. 

The  House  of  Representatives  con- 
sists of  153  members  elected  every  two 
years.  They  receive  $5  per  diem  dur- 
ing the  session,  $50  for  stationery  and 
10  cents  a  mile  for  the  actual  distance 
from  their  homes  to  the  state  capitol. 
The  present  house  of  representatives 
was  chosen  in  November,  1892,  and 
consists  of  78  democrats  and  75  repub- 
licans, with  the  seat  of  Mr.  Bish,  re- 
publican, of  Chicago,  contested  by  Sol 
Van  Praag,  democrat.  Hon.  Ernst 
Meyer  died  in  Springfield  May  11,  '93. 

Biographies  marked  thus  *  are  not 
accompanied  by  portraits. 

It  is  fortunate  that  the  executive 
officers  of  the  house  are  intelligent 
and  cool-headed.  Otherwise  the  jour- 
nals would  exhibit  evidences  of  some 
of  the  exciting  scenes  enacted  on  the 
floor,  and  the  confusion  and  wrangles 
that  take  place  frequently  would  end 
in  broken  heads.  Speaker  Crafts, 
Clerk  Ross,  Doorkeeper  Browne,  As- 
sistant Doorkeeper  Rives  and  their 
assistants  are  good  officers,  reliable 
and  courteous.  The  house  is  gener- 
ally a  placid  body,  but  occasionally  a 
storm  breaks  on  the  floor  that  bids 
fair  to  annihilate  many  members. 


THE  STEERING  COMMITTEES. 

Indispensable  in  the  conduct  of  a 
campaign  in  which  party  advantages 
are  to  be  won  or  lost  through  legisla- 
tive action,  are  the  advisory  or  "steer- 
ing" committees  of  each  party.  The 
leadership  is  entrusted  to  these  com- 
-mittees  for  the  session,  and  the  rank 
and  file  are  expected  to  obey  orders, 
even  to  the  point  of  resigning  their 
seats.  In  the  senate  these  committees 
are  made  up  thus  : 

Democrats:  Caldwell  (chairman), Ma- 
honey,  Craig,  Salomon  and  Green. 

Republicans:  Berry  (chairman), Bass, 
Aspinwall,  Sheridan  and  Knopf. 

The  house  steering  committees  are 
composed  of  the  following  : 

Democrats :  McKinlay  (chairman), 
Morris,  Johnson  of  Whiteside,  Wilson 
of  Ogle,  O'Donnell,  Mclnerney,  Don- 
nelly, Smith  of  L/ivingston,  Merritt, 
Carson,  Ferns  and  Farrell. 

Republicans :  Hawley  (chairman), 
Paddock,  Warder,  Anderson  of  Hen- 
derson, Meyer  of  Cook,  O'Connell, 
McKnight,  Langhenry,  Berry. 


Ross,  Robert  W.,  (dem.),  Vandalia  ; 
real  estate  dealer  and  Clerk  of  the 
House.  Was  born  in  Fayette  county, 
Dec.  31,  1843,  of  Scotch-Welsh  parents, 
who  moved  to  Illinois  from  Kentucky. 
He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools 
and  at  Tuscarora  Academy,  Penn., 
which  he  left  in  March  '63  to  enter  the 
county  clerk's  office  of  Fayette  county. 
He  entered  the  army,  enlisting  in  Co. 
E,  143d  111.  Inf.;  was  mustered  out  in  '64 
and  resumed  his  position  in  the  county 
clerk's  office.  After  a  year  he  went 
into  the  drug  business  and  kept  it  up 
for  three  years,  when  he  sold  out  and 
became  a  deputy  in  the  circuit  clerk's 
office.  He  was  elected  clerk  of  the 
House  of  Representatives  in  '75,  and 
was  elected  circuit  clerk  of  Fayette 
county  in  '76,  and  re-elected  in'80 — 
eight  years  in  all  Then  he  served 


CLERK  ROSS. 

two  more  years  in  his  successor's  of- 
fice. He  was  appointed  by  President 
Cleveland  recorder-general  of  the  land 
office  and  resigned  when  President 
Harrison  assumed  charge.  Has  since 
been  engaged  in  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness. He  was  nominated  for  clerk  of 
the  house  last  January  by  acclamation 
in  the  democratic  caucus.  He  is  not 
married  and  own  160  acres  of  land. 

Browne,  Edgar  S.,  Doorkeeper  of 
the  House,  of  Mendota,  was  born  in 
Mason,  Me.,  May,  11,  1851,  and  is  a 
lawyer  by  profession.  Mr.  Browne 
was  educated  at  the  Norway,  (Me.) 
Normal  Institute,  and  graduated  from 
Gould's  Academy,  Bethel,  and  the 
State  Normal  School  at  Farmington  ; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  '70,  when 
he  was  20  years  old.  Practiced  at 
Portland  for  five  years,  and  moved  to 
Chicago,  where  he  remained  for  a 


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LEGISLATIVE  SOUVENIR. 


year,  and  in  '77  moved  to  LaSalle 
county.  He  was  State  Commissioner 
of  Deeds  in  Maine  ;  has  been  city  at- 
torney of  Mendota,  and  was  a  member 
of  the  house  of  representatives  in 


Illinois  in  '87  and  '89 ;  was  chosen 
doorkeeper  of  the  house  in  '91,  and 
was  again  complimented  last  Janu- 
ary, and  has  organized  a  system  for 
each  branch  under  him,  so  that  all  the 
employes  under  his  supervision  dis- 
charge their  duties  without  friction. 
In  the  session  of  '89  he  succeeded  as  a 
member  of  the  house  in  getting-  the 
Chicago  Drainage  scheme  amended  so 
as  to  protect  the  Illinois  Valley  people. 
He  is  married  and  has  two  children. 


H 

CONRAD  A.    AMBROSIUS. 

Ambrosius,  Conrad  A.,  (clem.),  Col- 
linsville ;  merchant.  Born  in  Hesse 
Cassel,  Germany,  Jan.  18,  1839,  and 
emigrated  to  America  in  Jan.  '41  with 


his  parents,  arriving  at  New  Orleans- 
and  coming  up  the  Mississippi,  the 
route  all  western  settlers  took  in  the- 
early  days,  there  being  no  railroads, 
and  travel  overland  being  attended 
with  difficulties  and  dangers.  His  par- 
ents stopped  in  St.  Louis  until  Jan.  '49 
and  then  moved  to  what  is  now  Col- 
linsville,  an  Indian  transporting  the 
family  with  four  oxen.  Mr.  Ambro- 
sius has  lived  near  and  in  Collinsville 
ever  since.  His  education  was  limited; 
he  hardly  knew  what  a  public  school 
was,  and  obtained  most  of  his  educa- 
tisn  by  his  own  efforts.  He  remained 
on  the  farm  until  '74,  when  he  went 
into  the  coal  business,  being  elected 
president  and  general  superintendent 
of  the  Canteen  Coal  Mining  Co.  He 
continued  in  this  until  '87,  when  he 
sold  out  and  went  into  the  real  estate 
business.  He  afterwards  opened  a. 


JAMES  J.    ANDERSON. 

general  merchandise  store  tinder  the 
firm  name  of  Ambrosius  &  Sons,  and 
it  is  one  of  the  most  substantial  con- 
cerns in  the  city,  doing  a  large  and 
safe  business.  Is  married  and  finan- 
cially independent  of  the  world.  Has 
been  supervisor  for  several  years,  was 
alderman  fourteen  years,  and  has  held 
other  offices.  He  was  nominated  for 
representative  a  little  against  his  will, 
but  like  a  true  democrat,  bowed  to  the 
will  of  the  party  and  accepted,  mak- 
ing a  thorough  and  successful  canvass. 
He  never  sought  an  office  in  his  life. 

Committees:  Mines  and  mining,  public 
charities,  building  and  loan  associations, 
retrenchment,  drainage,  soldiers'  home, 
farm  drainage. 

Anderson,  James  J.,  (dem.),  Nash- 
ville; lawyer.  Born  in  Nottoway  Co.T 
Va.,  Dec.  13,  1849,  and  moved  with  his 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


father  to  St.  Louis  two  years  later,  re- 
maining there  until  he  was  23.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
St.  Louis  and  the  City  University.  He 
moved  to  Richview,  111.,  in  '72,  and 
learned  telegraphy,  accepting  a  place 
on  the  Iron  Mountain  railroad  in  Mis- 
souri. He  read  law  in  Richview  and 
in  his  new  position  when  his  duties  did 
not  demand  his  attention,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  '75,  beginning  the 
practice  of  his  profession  at  Glasgow, 
Mo.  In  '76  he  moved  to  Nashville, 
bought  The  Democrat  from  Form  an 
Brothers,  and  run  it  in  connection  with 
his  legal  business  until  last  July,  when 
he  sold  the  paper  and  devoted  himself 
entirely  to  his  profession.  He  has 
been  master  in  chancery  of  Washing- 
ton county  for  many  years,  and  was 
city  attorney  of  Nashville  for  a  term. 
He  made  The  Democrat  second  to  none 
in  power  and  standing  while  he  had 
charge  of  it,  and  stands  very  close  to 
Col.  Morrison,  Congressman  Korman 
and  other  prominent  democratic  lead- 
ers in  the  state.  He  has  been  one  of 
the  ruling  spirits  in  the  Illinois  Press 
association,  and  the  Southern  Illinois 
Press  association.  Is  married. 

Committees :  Penal  and  reformatory  (chair- 
man), congressional  apportionment,  judi- 
ciary, judicial  department, finance,  retrench- 
ment. 

Anderson,  James  O.,  (rep.),  Decorra; 
farmer.  Born  in  Henderson  county, 


JAMBS  O.   ANDERSON. 

Aug.  1,  1845,  was  raised  on  a  farm,  re- 
ceived a  common  school  education,  and 
left  Monmouth  College  when  a  student 
to  enlist  in  the  28th  111.  Inf.,  in  which 
he  attained  the  rank  of  second  lieuten- 
ant. Returning  from  the  war  he  mar- 
ried and  engaged  in  farming,  which  is 


his  present  occupation.  He  was  sheriff 
of  Henderson  county  for  ten  years, 
and  gained  considerable  notoriety  by 
the  pursuit  of  two  desperadoes,  one  of 
whom  being  taken  to  Durand,  Wis., 
was  lynched.  He  was  elected  to  the 
house  in  '88,  '90,  and  '92.  His  value  as 
a  legislator  has  been  increased  with 


MICHAEL  BARTON. 

each  return  to  the  house,  and  he  is  in- 
fluential and  popular  with  his  col- 
leagues. 

Committees:  Agriculture,  to  visit  penal 
and  reformatory  institutions,  world's  fair, 
congressional  apportionment,  steering  com- 
mittee. 

*  Armstrong,  Fowler  A.,  (rep.),  Mas- 
sac  Creek  ;  teacher  and  farmer.  Born 
in  Massac  county,  March  18,  1847. 
Served  on  the  Tennessee  and  Cumber- 
land rivers  on  a  gun-boat  during  the 
war.  Was  county  superintendent  of 
schools  from  '84  to  '88,  and  was  elected 
to  the  house  in  '90  and  '92.  Is  married 
and  owns  160  acres  of  land. 

Committees:  County  and  township  organi- 
zation, agriculture,  federal  relations,  sold- 
iers' home,  horticulture. 

Barton,  Michael,  (dem.),  Spring  Val- 
ley; bank  cashier.  Born  in  County 
Kerry,  Ireland,  Sept.  1,  1834,  and  came 
to  America  in  '49  with  his  parents, 
who  settled  in  Kentucky.  Moved  to 
Illinois  in  '54.  Learned  the  trade  of 
a  harness  maker,  and  worked  at  it  for 
some  time.  In  '64  accepted  a  place  as 
clerk  in  the  Rock  Island  railroad  offi- 
ces at  Ottawa;  was  promoted  to  be 
station  agent  of  the  same  road  at  La 
Salle  in  '66,  and  in  '86  he  resigned  to 
accept  the  position  of  cashier  of  the 
Spring  Valley  National  bank.  He  is 
one  of  the  best  and  most  reliable  mem- 
bers of  the  legislature.  Is  married. 
Was  elected  to  the  house  in  '90  and 


I,KGISI,ATIVK   SOUVENIR. 


again  in  '92.  He  bent  his  energies  in 
the  last  legislature  towards  the  enact- 
ment of  an  arbitration  law  that  would 
prevent  strikes. 

Committees:  Mines  and  mining  (chairman), 
canal-river  improvement  and  commerce, 
penal  and  reformatory ,  manufactures,  state 
and  municipal  indebtedness,  insurance. 

*  Baldwin,  Leverett  S.,  (dem.), 
Windsor;  farmer.  Born  in  Hinesburg, 
Vt.,  Oct.  28,  1839,  and  is  self-educated. 
Was  with  the  I.  &  St.  L,.  R.  R.  as  train 
bo}',  brakeman,  baggageman  and 
freight  conductor.  Moved  to  Windsor 
27  years  ago,  and  has  held  minor  offi- 
ces. Is  married  and  owns  500  acres  of 
land. 

Committees:  Railroads,  live  stock  and 
dairying,  labor  and  industrial  affairs,  judi- 
cial department,  drainage,  farm  drainage, 
Wann  investigation  (special.) 

Beals,  Reuben  F.,  (rep.),  Galva;  far- 
mer. Born  near  Cleveland,  O.,  Aug. 
12,  1832,  and  for  nineteen  years  he 
lived  there,  working  on  the  farm  and 
attending  district  school  as  oppor- 
tunity offered.  He  started  out  for 
himself  at  19,  as  a  woodchopper,  which 
he  followed  for  a  short  time,  and  then 
learned  the  carpenter  trade.  He  was 
a  good  workman,  clever  with  his  tools 
and  industrious,  and  soon  branched 
into  business  for  himself,  taking  con- 
tracts to  erect  houses.  In  '55  he  emi- 
grated to  Oneida,  111.,  and  a  year  later 
moved  into  Clover  township,  where  he 
lived  for  36  years.  He  built  houses  for 


his  neighbors  for  two  years,  and  in  '58 
bought  80  acres  and  began  farming. 
By  close  application,  economy  and 
hard  work  he  has  accumulated  250 
acres  of  splendid  land.  In  Aug.  '62  he 
enlisted  in  Co.  I,  102d  111.  Inf.,  and 
participated  in  all  the  battles  of  the 


Atlanta  campaign,  serving  faithfully 
for  three  years  and  receiving  one 
wound;  he  commanded  a  company-  sev- 
eral times.  He  returned  to  the  farm 
after  the  war.  He  is  an  Odd  Fellow, 
a  Mason,  and  is  past  commander  of 
Holden  Post,  G.  A.  R.  He  was  a 
supervisor  for  six  years,  and  is  mar- 


ROBEKT  J.    BECK. 

ried.  He  was  a  member  of  the  legisla- 
ture of  '91,  and  is  highly  regarded  by 
his  colleagues. 

Committees:  State  institutions,  county  and 
township  organization,  state  and  municipal 
indebtedness,  senatorial  apportionment. 

Beck,  Robert  J.,  (rep.),  Chemung; 
contractor  and  builder.  Born  in 
County  Armagh,  Ireland,  Dec.  17,  1851, 
and  emigrated  with  his  parents  to 
America  in  '52,  going  direct  to  Mc- 
Henry  county,  where  he  has  been  ever 
since.  He  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools.  Has  been  justice  of  the 
peace  for  twenty  years  and  supervisor 
for  ten  years,  and  his  long  service  jus- 
tifies the  statement  that  he  was  a  faith- 
ful servant  of  the  people.  Was  elected 
to  the  house  in  the  spring  of  '89  to  fill 
the  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of 
E.  M.  Haines,  dem.  He  is  married 
and  owns  140  acres  of  land.  Mr.  Beck 
is  not  an  orator,  but  accomplishes 
more  by  hard  work  in  committee  rooms 
than  many  a  man  with  a  loud  voice 
and  rhetorical  effects. 

Committees:  Canal -river  improvement  and 
commerce,  state  institutions,  public  build- 
ings, fish  and  game,  farm  drainage. 

Berry,  Daniel  S.,  (rep.),  Savanna; 
lawyer.  Born  in  Sterling,  111.,  May 
13,  1858,  and  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  Taught  school  for  four  years 
in  Whiteside  county,  read  law  at  Mor- 
rison and  was  admitted  to  practice  in 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


'82.  The  following"  spring"  he  located 
at  Savanna,  where  he  has  had  a  very 
successful  career.  He  has  been  city 
attorney  of  Savanna  and  president  of 
the  board  of  education.  He  has  always 


DANIEL  S.  BBRKT. 

eloquently  contended  that  children 
should  be  compelled  to  attend  school, 
and  compelled  to  learn  the  English 
language,  and  is  a  staunch  friend  of 
the  public  schools  of  Illinois.  Is  mar- 
ried. Was  elected  to  the  house  in  '90, 
and  re-elected  in  '92.  Is  one  of  the  re- 
publican leaders  in  the  legislature  and 
stands  high  in  party  councils  in  the 
Illinois.  He  introduced  and  forced 
through  the  house  a  bill  prohibiting 
pool  selling  in  the  state. 


JAMES  E.    BISH. 

Committees:  Judiciary,  railroads,  educa- 
tion,elections,  libraries,  steering  committee. 

Bish,  James  E.,  (rep.),  Chicago;  real 
estate.  Born  in  St.  Francis  Co.,  Mo., 
of  slave  parents,  Oct.  1,  1859,  and  after 


many  wanderings  settled  in  Chicago 
in  '81.  He  received  a  common  school 
education,  principally  in  the  Belleville 
schools.  Is  married.  He  began  hus- 
tling for  himself  when  he  was  11  years 
old,  and  was  night  clerk  of  the  Com- 
mercial hotel  at  Alton  for  several 
years ;  studied  law  with  Judge  Alex. 
W.  Hope  for  a  time  ;  learned  telegra- 
phy, and  finally  went  to  Chicago, 
where  he  worked  for  Price's  Baking 
Powder  Co.  for  nine  years,  and  has 
held  his  present  position  with  F.  C. 
Vierling,  real  estate  agent,  for  over  a 
year.  He  has  dabbled  in  politics  to 
some  extent,  but  never  held  a  political 
office  until  last  year,  when  he  was  san- 
itary policeman  for  his  ward.  His  seat 
is  being  contested  by  Sol  Van  Praag, 
dem.  He  is  writing  ""The  Past,  Pres- 
ent and  Future  of  the  Negro,"  and  the 


J.    KDWIN  BLACK. 

work  is  nearing  completion.  It  will 
be  an  important  addition  to  historical 
literature. 

Committees:  Manufactures,  state  institu- 
tions, contingent  expenses,  state  and  muni- 
cipal indebtedness. 

Black,  J.  Edwin,  (dem.),  Bridgeport; 
farmer.  Born  in  Lawrence  county, 
March  10,  1846,  and  was  raised  on  a 
farm  with  all  its  disadvantages  in 
early  days  and  its  hard  work.  Edu- 
cated in  the  country  schools,  and  at  19 
taught  school  for  a  time.  Then  he 
went  to  Shurtleff  College,  finished  his 
education,  returned  home  and  again 
taught  school  for  three  years.  He 
then  entered  the  circuit  clerk's  office 
as  chief  deputy,  remaining  three  years. 
During  President  Johnson's  adminis- 
tration he  was  a  clerk  in  the  treasury 
department  at  Washington.  He  re- 
turned to  Illinois  in  '69,  married  and 


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LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


settled  down  on  a  farm,  where  he  has 
been  ever  since,  respected  by  all. 
When  Dr.  Lyon  resigned  his  seat  in 
the  house  in  '90  to  accept  a  postoffice, 
Mr.  Black  was  elected  to  fill  the 
vacancy,  and  he  was  re-elected  in  '92. 
He  has  always  discharged  his  duties 
like  an  honest  man,  and  to  the  best  of 
his  ability.  Is  married,  and  owns  over 
300  acres  of  land.  He  is  especially 
interested  in  legislation  that  will  ben- 
efit farmers,  in  the  way  of  improved 
roads,  and  his  sympathies  lean  toward 
the  weaker  classes,  for  he  favors  a  re- 
form school  for  g-irls  and  charitable 
institutions  for  the  needy. 

Committees:  Senatorial  apportionment 
(chairman),  agriculture,  visit  charitable  in- 
stitutions, drainage,  libraries,  executive 
department,  horticulture, 

Brandt,  John  N.,  (clem.),  Polo;  far- 
mer and  stock  raiser.  Born  in  Wash- 
ington Co.,  Md.,  Aug.  26,  1831,  and 
moved  with  his  parents  to  Illinois  in 
'61,  settling  in  Ogle  county,  near  For- 
reston.  A  year  later  they  moved  to 
Carroll  county,  where  he  now  lives, 
although  his  postoffice  is  in  Ogle.  He 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools 
and  taught  school  for  one  year.  Then 
he  went  into  the  windmill,  pump  and 
well  business,  following  it  successfully 
for  ten  years.  He  ran  a  democratic 
newspaper  in  Morrison  for  some  time — 
The  Dispatch — and  during  the  cam- 
paign of  '80  made  things  lively  for  the 


JOHN  N.    BRANDT. 

republicans  with  his  Campaign  Demo- 
crat. In  '81  he  returned  to  farming 
and  stock  raising.  He  is  not  married 
and  owns  over  200  acres  of  fine  land. 
He  has  been  a  school  trustee  ever  since 
he  went  to  Carroll  county,  and  was 
elected  supervisor  one  term  when  the 


township  was  four  to  one  republican. 
He  is  interested  in  raising  Morgan 
horses  and  Chester  White  hogs,  and 
owns  splendid  specimens  of  each.  He 
is  always  in  attendance. 

Committees:  Military  affairs  (chairman), 
state  institutions,  agriculture,  executive  de- 
partment, roads  and  bridges, soldiers'  home. 


CHARLES  P.    BRYAN. 

Bryan,  Charles  P.,  (rep.),  Elmhurst; 
city  address,  University  club,  Chicago; 
journalist.  Born  in  Chicago,  Oct.  2, 
1855.  Was  educated  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Virginia  and  the  Columbia  Law 
School ;  was  admitted  to  practice  in 
'78,  and  in  '79  moved  to  Colorado.  Was 
elected  to  the  legislature  of  that  state 
in  '80,  and  was  urged  for  higher  prefer- 
ment. Returned  to  Chicago  in  '83  and 
has  since  lead  a  literary  life.  Was  a 
member  of  G-ov.  Oglesby's  and  Gov. 
Fifer's  military  staff — also  of  Gov. 
Altgeld's — with  the  rank  of  colonel, 
having  previously  served  in  the  1st 
regiment.  I.  N.  G.,  and  in  the  Guard  of 
Colorado.  Elected  to  the  Illinois  leg- 
islature in  '90  and  re-elected  in  '92.  Is 
deeply  interested  in  the  success  of  the 
World's  Columbian  Exposition  and  in 
military  matters.  Is  not  married.  He 
is  on  several  important  committees. 

Mr.  Bryan  is  independent  in  his  ac- 
tions, except  on  party  questions  when 
he  bows  to  the  will  of  the  majority. 

*Bonney,  Joel  W.,  (dem.),  Quincy; 
physician.  Born  in  Strong,  Maine, 
Feb.  23,  1828.  In  '48  he  moved  to 
Clark  Co.,  Mo.,  where  he  remained 
until  the  fall  of  '59,  when  he  went  to 
Quincy.  His  education  was  meagre. 
Graduated  from  the  State  Medical 
University,  St.  Louis,  in  '57.  Is  mar- 
ried. 

Committees:  Education,  fish  and  game, 
banks  and  banking,  public  charities. 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


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Burke,  William,  (dem.),  Chicago; 
wholesale  wine  and  liquor  dealer.  Born 
in  Chicago  June  15,  1859,  and  educated 
in  the  public  schools.  He  learned  the 
trade  of  a  carpenter  early  in  life,  and 


WILLIAM  BURKE. 

followed  it  for  five  years.  Then  he 
went  into  the  wholesale  liquor  busi- 
ness, and  has  been  engaged  in  it  for 
nine  years.  He  is  interested  in  three 
establishments  in  Chicago,  and  does  a 
large  business.  He  is  not  married, 
and  is  comfortably  well  off  in  this 
world's  goods.  He  was  elected  to  the 
house  in  '90,  and  was  returned  in  '92, 
running  ahead  of  his  ticket  nearly 
2,500  votes.  Was  a  member  of  impor- 
tant committees  in  the  session  of  '91, 


PETER  CAHILL. 


and  is  especially  interested  in  labor 
legislation,  but  looks  after  the  inter- 
ests of  the  people  regardless  of  their 
station. 


Committees:  Warehouses  (chairman),  mu- 
nicipal corporations,  railroads,  sanitary 
affairs,  roads  and  bridges,  revenue,  live 
stock  and  dairying. 

Cahill,  Peter,  (dem.),  Brimfield;  far- 
mer. Born  in  County  Meath,  Ireland, 
Feb.  12,  1843,  and  came  to  Illinois  with 
his  parents,  landing  at  New  Orleans 
and  taking  the  Mississippi  and  Illinois 
rivers  to  Peoria,  arriving  in  June  '47, 
where  he  has  lived  and  farmed  all  his 
life.  He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools.  Has  been  a  member  of  the 
board  of  supervisors  for  the  last  four- 
teen years,  and  for  the  last  three  years 
he  has  been  chairman  of  the  board,  a 
position  which  he  now  fills  to  the 
credit  of  himself  and  his  township. 
He  is  not  married,  and  owns  500  acres 
of  Peoria  land,  and  there  is  none 
richer  on  the  face  of  the  globe;  he  ac- 
cumulated it  all  himself  by  industry, 
frugality  and  intelligent  farming.  He 


ETHELBERT  CALLAHAN. 

is  honest  and  straightforward  in  his 
dealings  with  his  fellowman,  and  pos- 
sesses the  confidence  of  the  people  of 
Peoria. 

Committees:  Canal-river  improvement  and 
commerce,  roads  and  bridges,  sanitary  af- 
fairs warehouses,  farm  drainage,  history- 
geology  and  science. 

Callahan,  Ethelbert,  (rep.),  Robin- 
son; lawyer.  Born  near  Newark,  O., 
Dec.  17,  1829,  and  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools.  In  '49  he  moved  to  Craw- 
ford County,  111.,  and  for  two  years 
farmed  in  summer  and  taught  school 
in  winter;  another  year  was  spent  as 
clerk  in  a  general  store;  then  for  a 
year  he  was  editor  of  The  Wabash 
Sentinel,  and  during  the  campaign  of 
'54  he  edited  The  Marshall  Telegraph, 
the  only  anti-democratic  paper  in  his 
congressional  district.  He  joined  the 


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LEGISLATIVE   SOUVKNIK. 


republicans  and  entered  into  the  Fre- 
mont campaign  with  ardor.  His 
speeches  were  bold  and  uncompromis- 
ing", and  attracted  wide  attention.  In 
'60  he  was  the  recognized  leader  of  the 
republicans  of  Southern  Illinois,  and 
in  '64  he  was  his  part}r's  candidate  for 
congress.  Gov.  Oglesby  appointed 
him  a  member  of  the  first  state  board 
of  equalization;  he  was  also  a  member 
of  the  house  in  '75,  which  was  con- 
trolled by  the  independents;  in  '80  was 
an  elector  at  large,  and  in  '88  a  dis- 
trict elector.  Was  admitted  to  the  bar 
when  past  30  years  of  age,  and  was 
president  of  the  state  bar  association 
in  '89.  In  '90  he  was  elected  to  the 
house  again,  and  returned  in  '92.  In 
the  session  of  '91  he  offered  an  amend- 
ment in  the  house  to  the  Australian 
election  bill  permitting-  laboring-  men 
to  be  absent  from  work  for  two  hours 
without  loss  of  pay  on  election  day. 
He  is  championing-  this  session  a  bill  to 
protect  brakemen,  by  compelling  rail- 
roads to  block  their  switches  and  frog's. 
He  is  one  of  the  ablest  and  best  mem- 
bers of  the  g-eneral  assembly.  Is  mar- 
ried and  comfortably  wealthy. 

Committees:  Judiciary,  revenue,  retrench- 
ment, senatorial  apportionment. 

Campbell,  Albert,  (rep.),  Effingham; 
dry  goods  merchant.  Born  Nov.  1, 
1855,  in  Somerset,  O.,  and  was  edu- 
cated in  the  common  schools,  at  the 
same  time  working  at  whatever  he 


ALBERT  CAMPBELL. 

could  get  to  do.  He  moved  to  Effing- 
ham  in  '71,  and  worked  in  a  planing 
mill  in  St.  Louis  in  '74.  Returning  to 
Effingham  in  '87,  he  married  and  set- 
tled down  for  good.  He  is  regarded 
with  respect  by  the  people  of  Effing- 
ham,  and  is  liberal  and  popular.  He 


has  alwaj-s  been  a  strong,  hustling 
republican,  and  has  contributed  of 
time  and  money  towards  the  success  of 
his  party.  Mr.  Campbell  gives  the 
steering  committee  no  trouble,  for  he 
is  always  present  during  sessions. 

Committees:    Revenue,    finance,    sanitary 
affairs,  roads  and  bridges,  public  charities. 


DANIEL  A.    CAMPBELL. 

Campbell,  Daniel  A.,  (rep.),  Chicago; 
lawyer.  Born  in  Elgin  June  23,  1863, 
and  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  and  at  the  Chicago  Union  Col- 
lege of  Law.  Was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  '86,  and  has  been  in  active  practice 
ever  since,  principally  in  the  real 
estate  and  commercial  lines.  Has  met 
with  very  flattering  success  in  his 
legal  career.  Is  not  married,  and  this 
is  the  first  office  he  ever  held.  He  is 
held  in  high  esteem  by  his  colleagues, 
and  is  a  hard  worker  in  committees. 
Mr.  Campbell  is  one  of  the  youngest 
members,  and  one  of  the  most  diligent 
and  best  informed.  He  performs  his 
duties  unostentatiously,  but  creditably 
to  himself,  his  party  and  his  constit- 
uents. In  Cook  county  politics  he  is 
an  active  and  effective  worker.  He 
believes  in  a  strong  party  organiza- 
tion of  the  republican  members  of  the 
general  assembly. 

Committees:  Judicial  department,  munici- 
pal corporations,  education,  fees  and  sal- 
aries, fish  and  game. 

Carlin,  Stephen  E.,  (dem.),  Canton; 
lawyer.  Born  in  Fulton  county,  Feb. 
8, 1849.  Educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  at  Ann  Arbor  University,  gradu- 
ating in  '68.  Then  he  taught  school 
until  he  got  tired  of  it,  stood  an  exam- 
ination for  admission  to  the  bar,  and 
passed  in  '77.  He  has  been  practicing 
with  decided  success  ever  since.  Is 


LEGISLATIVE  SOUVENIR. 


married  and  possessed  of  a  comforta- 
ble competence.  Mr.  Carlin  never 
held  public  office  before,  but  made  a 
splendid  campaign  of  the  state  in  '90 
for  the  democratic  state  central  com- 


STKPHEN   E.    CARLIN. 

mittee.  He  does  not  talk  to  the  press 
gallery,  and  is  never  on  his  feet  unless 
he  has  got  something  to  say.  He  has 
taken  a  prominent  place  in  the  house 
and  is  a  radical  in  politics  but  conser- 
vative in  other  matters. 

Committees:  Judiciary,  miscellaneous  sub- 
jects, mines  and  mining,  state  institutions, 
farm  drainage,  Hsli  and  game. 

Carmody,  Henry  P.,  (dem.),  Chicago; 
contractor.  Born  in  Simcoe,  Canada, 
March  19,  1861,  and  moved  with  his 


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HENRY  P.    CARMODY. 


parents  to  Chicago  three  months  later. 
Received  a  common  school  education 
until  12  years  old,  when  he  began  to 
earn  his  own  living  by  working  in  the 


brick  yards,  packing  houses  and  lum- 
ber yards  of  Chicago.  Is  married. 
Was  elected  to  the  house  in  '88,  re- 
elected  in  '90  and  again  in  '92  by  in- 
creased majorities.  He  is  industrious 
as  a  legislator  and  one  of  the  hardest 
workers  in  Chicago  for  the  democratic 
ticket.  He  is  very  popular  with  his 
constituents,  and  has  been  on  some  of 
the  most  important  committees  in  the 
house  every  session. 

Committees:  Labor  and  industrial  affairs 
(chairman),  corporations,  municipal  corpo- 
rations, senatorial  apportionment,  canal- 
river  improvement  and  commerce,  public 
buildings  and  others  of  less  importance. 

Carson,  Thomas  B.,  (dem.),  Urbana; 
salesman.  Born  in  Urbana,  111.,  March 
6,  1843,  and  received  a  good  common 
school  education.  He  was  reared  on  a 
farm  and  left  the  harvest  field  in  '61 
to  join  the  25th  111.  Inf.,  with  which  he 


THOMAS   B.    CAKSON. 


served  to  the  close  of  the  war.  Tie  is 
an  uncompromising  democrat,  and  has 
been  an  active  participant  in  the  cam- 
paigns in  eastern  Illinois  for  years. 
In  '85  he  was  elected  doorkeeper  of  the 
house  by  the  democrats,  and  during 
the  fierce  Morrison-L,ogan  senatorial 
contest,  he  filled  the  position  with  dig- 
nity and  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of 
everybody.  During  Cleveland's  first 
term  he  was  a  special  agent  of  the  in- 
ternal revenue  department.  Is  mar- 
ried. Was  elected  to  the  house  in  '90 
and  again  in  '92,  and  in  both  sessions 
has  taken  an  active  part  in  legislation. 
In  the  session  of  '91  Mr.  Carson  was 
assigned  to  important  committees. 

Committees:  Banks  and  banking  (chair- 
man), municipal  corporations,  federal  rela- 
tions, history -geology  and  science,  drainage, 
enrolled  and  engrossed  bills,  steering  com- 
mittee. 


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LEGISLATIVE   SOTVKXIK. 


Carter,  Robert  S.,  (deni.),  Peters- 
burg*; fire  insurance.  Was  born  in  La 
Grang-e,  Fayette  Co.,  Texas,  July  26, 
1855,  and  moved  to  Petersburg  in  '73. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  public 


R01SERT   S.    CARTER. 

and  private  schools  of  Texas.  Is  mar- 
ried. He  beg-an  life  for  himself  in  '7.) 
as  a  drug  clerk,  filling  prescriptions 
until  '73.  He  was  deputy  circuit  clerk 
of  Menard  county  for  four  years,  from 
'73  to  '77,  and  then  he  went  into  the 
abstract,  loan,  real  estate  and  insur- 
ance business  at  Petersburg,  and  has 
been  exclusively  in  the  line  of  general 
insurance  since  '81.  Is  master  in  chan- 
cery of  Menard  county  now.  Mr.  Car- 
ter is  a  staunch  democrat  and  is  always 
in  his  seat. 


GEORGE   S.    CAUGHLAN. 

Committees:  Insurance,  education,  appro- 
priations, claims,  fish  and  game,  and  others 
of  less  importance. 

Caughlan,    George   S.,   (rep.),  Tren- 


ton; student  of  law.  Born  in  St. 
Louis  Jan.  22,  1865,  and  is  a  son  of  a 
Methodist  minister,  whose  duties  as  a 
minister  of  the  gospel  necessitated  a 
frequent  change  of  residence,  and  Mr. 
Caughlan  acquired  a  good  common 
education  in  various  cities  of  Southern 
Illinois.  He  entered  McKendree  Col- 
lege at  Lebanon,  when  he  made  up  for 
lost  time  by  energy  and  application. 
Although  a  member  of  the  legislature. 
he  is  now  taking  a  course  of  law  at 
that  college.  Is  married  and  has  held 
several  minor  offices.  He  is  an  in- 
cisive speaker,  and  when  he  claims 
the  floor,  which  is  not  often,  he  com- 
mands the  attention  of  the  house. 
He  is  too  young  to  have  a  record  in 
the  past,  but  bids  fair  to  carve  out  a 
promising  future.  He  displayed  con- 
siderable ability  in  the  debate  on  the 
report  of  the  special  committee  to  in- 
vestigate the  Warm  disaster. 


CHARLES  T.    CHERRY. 

Committees:  Judicial  department,  ware- 
houses, mines  and  mining,  building  and  loan 
associations,  miscellaneous,  executive  de- 
partment, to  investigate  the  Waini  disaster 
(special). 

Cherry,  Charles  T.,  (rep.),  Oswego; 
farmer.  Born  in  Oswego  Feb.  20, 1858, 
and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools. 
He  owns  a  magnificent  tract  of  Ken- 
dall county  land,  which  he  farms 
himself,  and  on  which  he  raises  fine 
Poland-China  hogs,  Cotswold  sheep 
and  road  and  draft  horses.  He  is  pop- 
ular with  his  colleagues  on  both  sides 
of  the  house;  is  always  at  his  seat,  and 
is  particularly  interested  in  legislation 
affecting  the  farmer,  stock  raiser  and 
republican  part}'.  Was  elected  to  the 
house  in  '90,  and  again  in  '92.  Is 
married  and  has  one  son.  Mr.  Cherrj' 
takes  an  active  interest  in  legislation, 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


and  his  value  increases  with  his  length 
of  service. 

Committees:  Corporations,  live  stock  and 
dairying,  banks  and  banking,  agriculture, 
loan  and  homestead  associations. 

Claggett,  Bernard  J.,  (dem.),  Lexing- 
ton;  banker.  Born  in  Lexington,  Feb. 
12,  1861,  and  is  indebted  to  the  careful 
and  systematic  training  of  his  father 
for  his  success  as  a  man.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  Wesleyan  University,  and  at 
Notre  Dame,  Ind.,  taking  the  literary 
course  at  the  latter;  graduated  at  Jones' 
Commercial  College,  St.  Louis,  in  '80. 
Then  he  returned  home  and  entered 
his  father's  store  as  clerk.  In  '82  he 
was  admitted  to  the  firm,  and  in  De- 
cember, when  the  First  National  Bank 
was  organized,  he  was  made  cashier, 
a  position  he  has  held  ever  since.  In 
addition  to  his  connection  with  the 
bank  and  the  large  business  interests 
of  his  father's  estate,  he  is  largely  in- 
terested in  farming,  stock  raising,  and 
is  a  partner  in  the  mercantile  business 
of  Claggett  Bros.  &  Co.,  and  Claggett 
&  Steveni)  liverymen.  In  '88  he  wa;j 
elected  to  the  city  council,  and  although 
the  youngest  member,  was  made  presi- 
dent, which  office  he  filled  with  much 
credit.  When  the  city  reorganized  he 
was  chosen  first  mayor  without  oppo- 
sition, and  was  honored  by  a  unani- 
mous re-election.  He  resigned  to  take 
his  seat  in  the  house,  but  the  council 
refused  to  accept  it.  He  has  always 
been  a  democrat,  and  always  took  a 


BERNARD  J.   CLAGGETT. 

deep  interest  in  politics,  contributing 
liberally  to  the  campaign.  Is  married 
and  owns  considerable  valuable  land. 
Committees:  Printing  (chairman),  penal 
and  reformatory,  banks  and  banking,  state 
and  municipal  indebtedness,  claims,  mili- 
tary, world's  fair. 


Clark,  William  O.,  (rep.),  Peoria; 
hotel  proprietor.  Born  in  Lynn,  Mass., 
Jan.  18,  1844,  and  was  associated  with 
his  father  in  the  hotel  business  up  to 
the  time  of  the  death  of  the  latter. 
He  has  been  proprietor  of  hotels  in 
Rock  Island,  Geneseo,  Mattoon,  Bush- 
nell,  Charleston,  Springfield,  Bloom- 


WILLIAM  O.    CLARK. 

ington  and  Peoria,  and  is  well  known 
to  the  traveling  public.  Received  a 
public  school  education,  and  is  mar- 
ried. Enlisted  in  Co.  A,  143d  111.  Inf., 
and  was  in  the  army  of  the  southwest. 
He  has  been  a  member  of  the  city 
council  of  Peoria,  and  is  interested  in 
the  welfare  of  his  constituents,  and  it 
can  be  said  that  a  better  servant 
Peoria  never  sent  to  Springfield.  He 
is  an  Elk,  a  Modern  Woodman  and  a 
member  of  the  Royal  League. 

Committees:  Railroads,  agriculture,  canal- 
river  improvement  and  commerce,  state  and 
municipal  indebtedness,  claims. 

Conway,  Bryan,  (dem.),  Chicago; 
employed  by  Armour  &  Co.  Born  in 
Chicago,  Oct.  14,  1861,  and  has  grown 
up  as  one  of  the  most  popular  young 
democrats  in  his  district,  being  espe- 
cially liked  by  the  laboring  men.  Re- 
ceived a  fair  education  at  the  public 
and  parochial  schools  of  Chicago.  He 
has  been  employed  in  nearly  every  de- 
partment of  Armour's  &  Co.'s  great 
butchering  and  packing  establishment, 
and  has  held  responsible  positions 
with  that  firm  for  the  last  twelve 
years.  Was  elected  to  the  house  in  '90, 
and  again  in  '92  by  an  increased  ma- 
jority. During  both  sessions  he  took  a 
prominent  part  in  all  legislation,  being 
especially  active  on  measures  that  con- 
cerned Cook  county  and  his  own  con- 


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LEGISLATIVE   SOrvKNlK. 


stituents.  He  is  one  of  the  most 
effective  workers  in  the  democratic 
party  in  Cook  county.  He  is  married 
an  in  independent  circumstances  finan- 
cially. 


BKYAN   CONWAY. 

Committees:  Sanitary  affairs  (chairman), 
railroads,  warehouse*,  municipal  corpora- 
tions, canal-river  improvement  and  com- 
merce 

Creighton,  Thomas  H.,  (rep.),  Fair- 
field  ;  teacher.  Born  on  a  farm  in 
Wayne  county,  Nov.  29,  1865,  and  was 
edvicated  in  the  common  schools  and 
at  Hayward  Collegiate  Institute  in 
Fairfield,  graduating-  in  the  class  of 
'90.  He  is  too  young  to  have  a  politi- 
cal record  and  does  not  seek  one,  being 
quiet  and  retiring.  His  tastes  rather 


THOMAS    H.    CKKIGHTON. 

run  in  the  direction  of  literature  and 
learning.  He  was  superintendent  of 
the  Fairfield  city  schools  for  two  years, 


house.  He  was  named  by  acclama- 
tion in  the  republican  convention  last 
spring.  He  is  very  anxious  for  the 
passage  of  a  uniform  text  book  bill, 
and  is  a  hard  working,  conscientious 
member  who  can  be  relied  on  to  be  in 
his  seat  during  sessions.  Is  not  mar- 
ried. 

Committees:  Education,  fees  and  salaries, 
history -geology  and  science,  libraries,  exec- 
utive department. 

Cusey,  John,  (rep.),  mechanic;  Far- 
mer City.  Born  in  Richland  Co.,  O., 
April  9,"  1822,  and  moved  to  McLean 
Co.,  111.,  in  '36,  and  to  DeWitt  county 
in  '83,  and  has  lived  there  ever  since. 
He  is  a  self-educated  man,  having  no 
chance  to  attend  the  district  schools  of 
his  native  state.  He  has  a  good  com- 
mon school  education,  however,  thanks 
to  his  ambition  and  pluck.  He  is  mar- 
ried, and  was  state  senator  from  '72  to 
'76,  and  member  of  the  state  board  of 


JOHN  CUSET. 

equalization  from  '80  to  '84.  He  has 
been  township  assessor  nine  times,  and 
member  of  the  county  board  for  both 
McLean  and  DeWitt  counties,  repre- 
senting the  latter  now.  Mr.  Cusey 
was  a  member  of  the  first  republican 
state  convention,  which  met  in  Bloom- 
ington  in  '54,  and  nominated  Jesse  O. 
Norton  of  Will  county  for  congress, 
the  first  republican  congressman  from 
Illinois.  In  the  same  convention  he 
seconded  a  resolution  that  named  the 
new  party  "Republican."  He  has  al- 
ways voted  in  opposition  to  the  demo- 
cratic party. 

Committees:    Revenue,    drainage,    federal 
relations,  history-geology  and  science. 

*Dazey,  Mitchell,  (dem.),  Lima;  far- 
mer.     Born  in  Bourbon  Co.,  Ky.,  Oct. 


resigning   on 


his    nomination    to    the       2,  1820.     Educated  in  common  schools, 


I,KGISLATIVK   SOUVENIR. 


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and  was  elected  to  the  house  in  '89  to 
fill  a  vacancy.  Is  married  and  owns 
305  acres  of  land. 

Committees :  Drainage,  farm  drainage,  re- 
trenchment, appropriations,  libraries. 

*Dean,  William  C.,  (dem.),  Ava; 
miller  and  farmer.  Born  in  Randolph 
Co.,  111.,  Dec.  10,  1838,  and  moved  to 
Ava  in  '76.  Was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools;  was  in  the  mercantile 
business  until  two  years  ago,  when  he 
purchased  a  roller  mill.  Is  married 
and  owns  3,000  acres  of  land, 
fc-" Committees:  Agriculture,  to  visit  educa- 
tional institutions,  state  institutions, roads. 

Dearborn,  Luther  1*1.,  (dem.),  Aurora; 
lawyer.  Born  at  Geneva,  111.,  Aug.  5, 
1858,  and  educated  at  Bishop  Whipple's 
School,  Fairbault,  Minn.,  and  at  Ra- 
cine, Wis.  He  read  law  in  the  office 
of  Hon.  John  N.  Jewett;  afterwards 


LUTHER  M.    DEARBORN. 

spent  two  years  at  Harvard  L,aw 
School,  and  was  admitted  to  practice 
in  '82.  He  remained  in  Chicago  for 
three  years  in  the  law  office  of  his 
father,  Hon.  L,uther  Dearborn,  and 
John  B.  Cohrs,  and  then  formed  a 
partnership  with  Judge  Annis  in  Au- 
rora. Is  not  married.  He  was  elected 
to  the  house  iu  '90  and  again  in  '92, 
and  in  both  he  held  important  com- 
mittee assignments. 

Committees:  Koads  and  bridges  (chair- 
man), judiciary,  railroads,  manufactures, 
insurance,  contingent  expenses,  to  investi- 
gate the  sweat  shop  evil  (special). 

Deneen,  Charles  S.,  (rep.),  Chicago; 
lawyer.  Born  in  Edwardsville  May 
4,  1863,  and  moved  to  Chicago  in  the 
fall  of  '85.  He  was  educated  at  Mc- 
Kendree  College,  Lebanon,  in  which 
institution  his  father  was  a  professor 
for  nearty  thirty  years.  Mr.  Deneen 


graduated  in  law  in  '85  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  Jan.  '87,  and  has 
had  a  very  successful  and  profitable 
practice  ever  since.  Is  married  and 
this  is  his  first  office.  He  taught  in  a 


night  school  in  Chicago  for  three 
years.  Was  attorney  for  Representa- 
tive Bish  in  the  contested  election 
case  of  VanPraag  vs.  Bish,  and  his 
skillful  handling  of  the  case  attracted 
the  attention  of  the  older  political 
leaders.  Mr.  Deneen  is  a  young  man 
with  nattering  prospects  for  a  splendid 
future,  and  is  highly  regarded  by  those 
who  know  him. 

Committees:  Corporations,  drainage,  ju 
dicial  department,  labor  and  Industrial  af- 
fairs, to  investigate  the  sweat  shop  evil 


JOHN   C.    DONNELLY. 

Donnelly,  John  C.,  (dem.);  Wood- 
stock; clerk.  Was  born  in  Wood- 
stock, Nov.  3,  1855,  and  educated  in 


LEGISLATIVE  SOUVENIR. 


the  common  schools  with  a  finishing- 
course  at  Notre  Dame.  For  two  years 
he  was  clerk  in  the  office  of  the  circuit 
clerk  of  McHenry  county.  He  also 
has  represented  the  Northwestern 
railroad  in  the  south.  He  was  deputy 
collector  of  internal  revenue  under 
Cleveland.  Mr.  Donnelly  is  one  of 
the  most  popular  and  affable  members 
of  the  general  assembly.  Was  elected 
to  the  house  in  '90,  and  although  the 
district  is  the  strongest  republican 
district  in  the  state  and  an  independ- 
ent democrat  was  running  against 
him  he  received  more  votes  than  either 
of  the  republicans  or  the  independent. 
He  is  the  first  democrat  that  has  been 
returned  from  the  district  a  second 
time  immediately  following  the  first. 
He  is  very  influential  in  northern  Illi- 
nois democratic  politics,  and  takes  a 
prominent  part  in  all  important  legis- 
lation. 

Committees:  Corporations  (chairman), 
banks  and  banking,  live  stock  and  (I  lii-yiny, 
sanitary  affairs,  insurance,  miscellaneous 
subjects,  enrolled  and  engrossed  bills,  sena- 
torial apportioment,  steering  committee. 

Douglas,  John  J.,  (rep.),  Chester; 
farmer.  Born  in  Chester  Aug.  17, 
1849,  and  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  and  McKendree  College.  Then 
he  learned  the  trade  of  miller.  His 
parents  came  from  Scotland  and  when 
he  was  22  years  old  he  visited  the 
crags  and  moors  of  the  Land  of  the 
Thistle.  Returning  home  he  married 


)OU(iLAS. 


in  '72,  bought  a  farm  and  settled  down, 
and  has  farmed  ever  since.  In  this 
occupation  he  has  been  successful, 
owing  more  to  his  own  intelligence 
and  industry  than  to  the  fertility  of 
the  soil.  He  owns  340  acres  of  good 
land,  and  is  one  of  the  most  reliable 


and  substantial  members  of  the  house. 
Committees:    Mint-sand  mining,  fees  and 
salaries,  roads  and  bridges,  horticulture. 

Dow,  Augustus,  (rep.),  Pittsfield; 
flour  manufacturer.  Born  in  South 
Coventry,  Tolland  county,  Connecti- 
cut, Oct.  9,  1841,  and  in  '58  moved  to 
Pittsfield,  where  he  has  lived  ever 


AUGUSTUS   DOW. 

since.  He  received  an  academic  edu- 
cation in  his  native  town  and  from  '62 
to  '65  was  connected  with  the  pay  de- 
partment of  the  United  States  army. 
After  the  war  he  returned  to  Pittsfield 
and  engaged  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness, continuing  it  until  '70,  when  he 
sold  out  and  started  the  manufacture 
of  flour  on  a  large  scale.  Pittsfield  is 
a  democratic  district,  but  he  has  been 
elected  to  the  county  board  several 
times,  and  mayor  of  the  city  four 
years.  Mr.  Dow  has  been  connected 
with  all  the  improvements  of  a  local 
nature,  and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the 
foremost  and  most  liberal  citizens.  He 
is  an  uncompromising  republican,  is 
a  director  in  the  First  National  Bank 
and  is  married. 

Committees:  Canal-river  improvement 
and  commerce,  drainage,  state  and  muni- 
cipal indebtedness,  to  visit  charitable  insti- 
tutions. 

*Drury,  Joseph  W.,  (clem.),  Water- 
loo: farmer  and  dairyman.  Born  in 
St.  Louis  Feb.  5,  1832,  and  educated  at 
McKendree  College.  Moved  with  his 
parents  to  Monroe  county  when  three 
years  old;  was  provost  marshal  of  Mon- 
roe county  during  the  war.  Was 
sheriff  from  '66  to  '74,  excepting  two 
years;  has  held  several  school  offices, 
is  married  and  owns  645  acres. 

Committees:  Congressional  apportion- 
ment, world's  fair,  horticulture,  fees  and 
salaries,  penal  and  reformatory,  live  stock. 


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-Duncan,  John  H.,  (rep.),  Marion; 
teacher.  Born  in  Marshall  Co.,  Ky., 
June  27,  1858,  and  moved  with  his 
parents  to  Williamson  county  in  '65. 
Educated  at  Shurtleff  Colleg-e;  taught 
school  3  years;  elected  county  superin- 
tendent of  schools  in  '82  and  '86;  elect- 
ed to  the  house  in  '90  and  '92;  married. 
Committees:  Mines  and  mining,  revenue, 
labor,  license,  senatorial  apportionment. 

*Dyer,  John,  (rep.),  Fulton;  shoe- 
maker. Born  in  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y., 
March  6,  1824.  Enlisted  in  Co.  F  52d 
111.  and  Co.  F  93d  111.  Inf.  Received  a 
meager  education,  is  married  and  has 
been  justice  of  the  peace  and  on  the 
county  board  16  years. 

Committees:  State  institutions,  public 
buildings,  soldiers'  home. 

Edmiston,  John  D.,  (rep.),  Olney; 
merchant  and  farmer.  Born  in  Rich- 
land  county  June  13,  1861,  and  was 
educated  in  the  Olney  high  school, 
after  which  he  learned  the  painter's 
trade,  and  then  went  into  the  mercan- 
tile business  with  his  father.  This  he 
sold  out  and  is  now  running  a  fruit 
farm  of  apples  and  peaches.  Is  mar- 
ried. Has  been  an  alderman  and  has 
held  other  minor  offices.  He  is  an  Odd 
Fellow,  a  Modern  Woodman  and  an 
A.  O.  U.  W.  He  didn't  seek  the  nom- 
ination last  year  for  his  present  of- 
fice, nevertheless  was  chosen  by  accla- 
mation and  ran  500  ahead  of  his  ticket; 
has  been  in  politics  and  a  delegate  to 
state  conventions  ever  since  he  voted. 


JOHN  V.   BDMINSTON. 

Mr.  Edmiston  is  constant  in  attend- 
ance and  informs  himself  on  the 
merits  of  every  measure  that  comes  up. 
Committees:  Railroads,  state  institutions, 
manufactures,  sanitary  affairs,  enrolled  and 
engrossed  bills,  horticulture. 


Ellsworth,  Urbin  S.,  (rep.),  Deer 
Park,  L,aSalle  Co.;  farmer.  Born  in 
South  Ottawa,  April  19,  1851,  and  five 
years  later  his  parents  moved  to  Deer 
Park  township.  He  completed  his 
education  at  Jennings  Seminary, 
Aurora,  graduating  in  the  classical 
course  in  '74.  Two  years  afterwards 


URBIN  S.    ELLSWORTH. 

he  married.  Has  represented  his 
township  three  times  on  the  board  of 
supervisors.  Is  a  member  of  the 
Farmers  Alliance,  and  is  a  loyal  re- 
publican. He  received  his  political 
education  from  his  grandfather,  John 
Clark,  who  was  dismissed  from  church 
in  '39  because  of  his  abolition  views. 
Was  elected  to  the  house  in  '90  and  '92. 
In  the  session  of  '91  he  strongly  advo- 
cated a  bill  for  an  insane  hospital 
northwest  of  the  Illinois  river,  in 
order  to  relieve  the  county  poor  houses 
of  their  insane  charges.  He  is  inter- 
ested especially  in  legislation  that 
affects  the  Illinois  river  valley. 

Committees:  Corporations,  education, 
revenue,  agriculture,  sanitary  affairs,  in- 
surance. 

Erickson,  Samuel  E.,  (rep.),  Chi- 
cago; deputy  sheriff.  Born  in  L,ind- 
koping,  Sweden,  March  4, 1860;  parents 
emigrated  to  Chicago  when  he  was 
four  years  old,  and  five  years  later 
the  father  died  leaving  a  widow  and 
several  small  children  without  means 
of  support.  The  son  left  school  and 
worked  in  a  chair  factory  to  help  sup- 
port the  family;  then  he  engaged  with 
Allen,  Mack&  Co.,  and  advanced  from 
errand  boy  to  a  more  responsible 
place,  when  the  firm  failed.  He  began 
as  messenger  boy  for  the  Western 
Union  and  worked  up  to  the  operating 
room,  where  he  remained  until  he  re 


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I<KGI.SIVATIVIC    SOUVENIR. 


signed  to  accept  a  place  in  the  abstract 
department  of  the  county,  and  during 
his  six  years'  service  he  held  almost 
every  position  in  the  recorder's  office. 
Elected  to  the  general  assembly  in  '90 


SAMUEL  E.    ERICKSON. 

he  energetically  worked  in  the  inter- 
ests of  his  constituents.  He  is  now  a 
deputy  under  Sheriff  Gilbert,  who  con- 
siders him  one  of  the  brightest  and 
most  trustworthy  of  his  men.  He  has 
shown  marked  ability  as  a  dramatic 
reader  and  is  not  married.  Ten  years 
ago  he  traveled  extensively  in  Europe. 
In  '92  was  urged  for  congress:  named 
for  temporary  speaker  and  declined. 

Committees:  Judicial  department,  muni- 
cipal corporations,  live  stock  and  dairying, 
military,  printing,  drainage,  world's  fa'ir. 


THOMAS   F.    FERNS. 


Ferns,  Thomas  F.,  (dem.),  Jersey- 
ville;  lawyer.  Born  in  Jerseyville 
July  27,  1862.  Graduated  from  the 
Jerseyville  high  school  in  '82,  and 


from  the  St.  Louis  Law  School  in  June, 
'85,  having  been  admitted  to  the  bar 
March  20  previous.  Mr.  Ferns'  suc- 
cess as  a  practitioner  was  pronounced 
from  the  start.  He  was  city  attorney 
of  Jerseyville  for  three  consecutive 
terms  from  '85  to  '91,  and  was  elected 
to  the  legislature  in  '90,  and  has  a 
record  that  justifies  his  constituents, 
wisdom  in  sending  him  here.  During 
the  session  of  '91  he  introduced  and 
pushed  to  enactment  a  stringent  law 
forbidding  the  organization  of  trusts 
and  combinations  to  control  markets 
and  prevent  open  and  fair  competition. 
Although  young  he  is  one  of  the  lead- 
ers in  the  house  and  has  quite  a  repu- 
tation for  ability  and  oratory.  In  past 
campaigns  in  western  Illinois  he  has 
taken  conspicuous  part.  He  is  already 
being  urged  for  congress  next  }-ear, 
and  his  record  in  the  past  justifies  the 
opinion  that  he  will  get  there. 


JAMES   P.    FLETCHER. 

Committees:  Railroads  (chairman), 
judiciary,  judicial  department,  senatorial 
apportionment,  education,  finance,  federal 
relations,  steering  committee. 

Fletcher,  James  P.,  (rep.),  Ridge 
Farm,  Vermilion  Co.;  farmer.  Born 
Feb.  14,  1855,  almost  on  the  spot  where 
his  house  now  stands,  and  was  educated 
at  Vermilion  Academy  and  at  Penn 
College,  Oskaloosa,  Iowa.  Is  married 
and  has  farmed  all  his  life.  He  owns 
a  fine  herd  of  Chester  White  hogs,  of 
which  he  is  an  extensive  breeder.  Is 
a  Royal  Arch  Mason  and  has  been 
worshipful  master  of  his  lodge  for  five 
terms;  is  also  a  Modern  Woodman;  is 
business  manager  of  his  lodge  and  was 
a  delegate  to  the  last  state  convention 
at  Peoria.  He  is  interested  in  any 
legislation  that  will  benefit  the  farm- 


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ers,  particularly  permanent  roads.  He 
has  never  held  office  before,  and  is  in 
constant  attendance. 

Committees:  Canal-river  improvement 
and  commerce,  manufactures,  public  build- 
ings, visit  educational  institutions,  farm 
drainage,  to  investigate  the  Wann  disaster 

Farrell,  James  H.,  (dem.),  Chicag-o; 
real  estate.  Born  in  the  Isle  of  Jer- 
sey, Nov.  19,  1842;  his  father  was  born 
in  the  Isle  of  Guernsey,  Victor  Hugo's 
birthplace,  and  his  mother  in  Dublin. 
All  the  schooling-  he  had  was  obtained 
before  he  was  10  years  old.  He  arriv- 
ed in  New  York  in  '51,  and  beg-an  life 
as  a  clerk.  When  19  he  enlisted  in  Co. 
H  of  the  famous  5th  N.  Y.  Inf.,  Col. 
Judson  Kilpatrick,  commanding",  and 
beginning  with  the  battle  of  Big 
Bethel  he  was  in  nearly  every  im- 
portant battle  and  skirmish  of  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac  during  the  war. 
When  he  was  mustered  out  he  entered 
the  largest  wall  paper  manufacturing 
concern  in  the  union  as  clerk,  and  re- 
mained there  until  '68  when  he  moved 
"to  Chicago,  continuing  in  the  same 
line  for  two  years.  He  has  been  in 
the  real  estate  business  for  the  past 
ten  years.  He  has  always  taken  great 
interest  in  politics,  and  is  now  serving 
his  fourth  consecutive  term  in  the 
house.  He  organized  and  commanded 
the  Cook  County  Democratic  March- 
ing club,  the  best  drilled  and  most 
famous  political  marching  organiza- 


JAMBS   H.   FARRKLL. 

tion  in  the  country.  He  is  also  grand 
marshal  of  the  democratic  marching 
clubs  for  Illinois,  having  been  elected 
in  '84.  He  has  been  a  leader  in  the 
house  since  his  first  election,  and  has 
served  on  all  the  most  important  com- 
mittees, and  while  he  does  not  push 


himself  forward  is  regarded  as  a  man 
of  ability  and  influence.  He  is  mar- 
ried and  in  independent  circumstances. 
Committees:  World's  fair  (chairman — also 
chairman  in  the  last  legislature),  judicial 
department,  penal  and  reformatory, finance, 
municipal  corporations,  revenue,  military, 
senatorial  apportionment,  steering  com'ittee 


DAVID  FORSTTHB. 

Forsythe,  David,  (dem.),  Elwood, 
Will  Co.;  farmer.  Born  in  County 
Antrim,  Ireland,  April  25,  1850,  and  in 
his  eleventh  year  the  family  emigrated 
to  America — an  elder  son  and  brother 
— the  late  John  Forsythe,  of  Chicago, 
having  preceded  them  by  several 
years.  David  Forsythe  resided  with 
his  brother  in  Chicago  until  he  had 
completed  his  education  in  Chicago 
schools.  He  moved  to  Will  county  in 
'65  and  has  since  been  engaged  in 
farming  and  shipping  live  stock,  in 
which  he  has  been  very  successful. 
He  is  married  and  owns  960  acres  of 
land,  gathered  by  his  own  industry  and 
shrewdness.  He  has  been  supervisor 
of  his  township  for  three  years,  and 
has  held  minor  offices.  He  was  elected 
to  the  house  in  '90,  re-elected  in  '92  and 
has  served  on  important  committees 
and  taken  an  active  interest  in  legis- 
lation each  session. 

Committees:  Live  stock  and  dairying 
(chairman),  corporations,  canal  river  im- 
provement and  commerce,  mines  and 
mining,  agriculture,  sanitary  affairs,  re- 
trenchment, miscellaneous  subjects. 

Fowler,  H.  Robert,  (dem.),  Elizabeth- 
town;  lawyer,  was  born  in  Pope  coun- 
ty about  35  years  ago,  and  was  edu- 
cated in  the  common  schools,  finishing 
at  the  Northern  Normal,  graduating 
in  '78.  He  taught  school  eight  years; 
has  been  principal  of  the  schools  at 
Elizabethtown  and  Cave-in-Rock,  and 
was  very  successful,  raising  the 


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schools  in  Hardin  count}-  several  de- 
grees in  efficiency.  He  graduated  in 
law  at  Ann  Arbor  University  in  '85; 
was  admitted  to  practice  in  Michigan 
in  '84  and  in  Illinois  in  '85.  He  was 
states  attorney  of  Hardin  county  for 
four  years.  Mr.  Fowler  has  had  to 
fight  for  every  step  of  vantage  ground 
since  early  boyhood,  and  in  the  face  of 
almost  unsurmountable  obstacles  has 
attained  a  place  of  influence  and 
standing.  He  made  a  record  for 
energy  as  chairman  of  the  special 
committee  to  investigate  the  accident 
at  Wann  that  commends  him  to  his 
colleagues,  who  recognize  his  ability 
and  honesty.  He  is  championing  a  co- 
employe  bill  to  protect  railroad 
employes,  and  one  introduced  by  him- 
self to  secure  state  uniformity  of  text 
books. 


H.    ROB'T   FOWLER. 

Committees:  Judiciary,  world's  fair,  elec- 
tion, fees  and  salaries,  roads  and  bridges, 
revenue,  visit  educational  institutions, 
county  and  township  organization. 

Goodall,  Samuel  H.,  (dem.),  Marion; 
lawyer.  Born  in  Marion  Feb.  7,  1866, 
and  graduated  at  the  Southern  Illinois 
Normal  University  in  '87;  taught 
school  for  two  years  in  Williamson 
county  and  received  a  state  certificate 
to  teach.  Graduated  from  the  Ann 
Arbor  Law  School  with  the  degree  of 
Iv.Iv.B.  in  '90;  was  quiz  master  in  the 
school  in  '90  and  '91,  and  in  this  latter 
year  received  the  degree  of  L.L,.M. 
Was  admited  to  the  bar  in  Illinois  in 
'90  and  began  practicing  his  profession 
next  year,  in  which  he  has  been  suc- 
cessful. He  has  been  city  attorney  of 
Marion  and  is  not  married.  He  is 
very  anxious  to  cut  down  the  usurous 
rates  for  tax  sales,  and  get  his  county 


into  democratic  congressional  and 
senatorial  districts.  Is  an  aggressive 
and  independent  member  with  nerve 
enough  to  demand  and  insist  that  his 
section  be  given  fair  treatment. 


SAMUEL  H.    (iOODALL. 

Committees:  Miscellaneous  subjects 
(chairman),  judiciary,  judicial  department, 
education,  mines  and  mining,  claims. 

Qleeson,  James  F.,  (dem.),  Chicago; 
telegraph  operator.  Born  in  Chicago 
Jan.  17,  1859,  and  graduated  in  the 
commercial  course  of  the  Watertown 
(Wis.)  branch  of  Notre  Dame  Univer- 
sity. He  had  charge  of  the  West 
Division  police  telegraph  system  as 
superintendent  for  over  six  years,  and 
in  '84  helped  put  up  the  first  police 
boxes  in  the  citv.  He  was  elected  to 


JAMES  F.    CLEESON. 


the  house  in  '86  and  returned  in  '92. 
Is  not  married.  He  is  a  strong  worker 
in  the  democratic  party  in  Chicago, 
and  Speaker  Crafts  has  recognized 


I,KC; ISLATIVE  souv KXI K . 


his  ability  by  placing-  him  on  several 
important  committees.  In  the  legis- 
lature of  '87  he  was  active  in  the  in- 
terest of  labor  legislation. 

Committees:  Municipal  corporations, cor- 
porations, labor  and  industrial  affairs,  mili- 
tary affairs,  printing. 

Gill,  Michael  J.,  (dem.),  Alton;  glass- 
worker.  Born  in  New  York  City  Dec. 
5,  1866,  and  is  one  of  the  promising 
young  men  of  the  house.  His  parents 
moved  to  Kentucky  in  '68  and  he  went 
to  Alton  in  '82,  where  he  has  since  re- 
sided, although  he  learned  his  trade  in 
Wellington,  O.,  in  '81.  His  schooling 
was  entirely  at  night,  as  he  could  not 
afford  the  time  during  the  day;  he 
learned  German  unaided.  He  is  mar- 
ried, and  already  has  made  his  influ- 
ence felt  in  the  house  as  a  champion 
of  the  rights  of  the  laboring  classes. 
Is  aggressive  in  their  behalf. 


MICHAEL  J.    GILL. 

Committees:  World's  fair,  mines  and 
mining,  Inbor  and  industrial,  public  build- 
ings, fish  and  game,  and  others  of  less  im- 
portance. 

Qower,  Bailey  A.,  (rep.),  Odell; 
farmer  and  stock  raiser.  Born  in 
Franklin  Co.,  Me.,  Oct.  27,  1835,  and 
moved  to  I/ivingston  Co.,  111.,  in  '56, 
where  he  has  lived  and  earned  a  stand- 
ing and  reputation  second  to  none. 
His  education  was  completed  at  the 
Maine  Wesleyan  Seminary,  at  Kent's 
Hill.  He  taught  school  for  a  time 
when  a  young  man,  but  has  farmed 
nearly  all  his  life.  He  has  filled  vari- 
ous offices  of  minor  importance.  Is 
married  and  owns  950  acres  of  Living- 
ston county  land,  and  there  is  none 
better  in  the  wide  world.  In  the  way 
of  live  stock  he  makes  a  specialty  of 
road  and  carriage  horses  and  thor- 
oughbred cattle.  He  is  regarded  as  one 


of  the  substantial  and  reliable  men  of 
the  house.  He  has  always  voted  the 
republican  ticket,  casting  his  first  vote 
for  Lincoln  in  '60.  He  is  always  in 
attendance  when  the  house  meets. 


BAILEY  A.    GOWEK. 

Committees:  Mines  and  mining,  conting- 
ent expenses,  fish  and  g.ime,  public  build- 
ings. 

Qriggs,  Edward  H.,  (rep.),  Chicago; 
fire  insurance.  Born  in  Dedham, 
Mass.,  March  19,1835.  Came  to  Illi- 
nois in  '56  and  was  educated  in  the 
common  schools.  He  was  clerk  of 
what  is  now  the  Second  National  Bank 
of  Rockford  from  '56  to  '65.  In  '65  he 
bought  an  interest  in  The  Rockford 
Register,  which  he  ran  successfully  as 
a  republican  paper  until  1874,  when  he 


EDWARD   H.    G1UGGS.      , 

relinquished  it  and  moved  to  Chicago, 
where  he  has  since  resided.  For  the 
past  ten  years  he  has  been  connected 
with  the  western  department  of  the 


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Niagara  Fire  Insurance  company  of 
New  York.  He  was  secretary  of  the 
senate  in  '71,  and  was  a  committee 
clerk  in  the  senate  of  '69.  Was  elected 
to  the  house  in  '90,  and  kept  tally  for 
the  republicans  on  the  clerk  of  the 
house  during  the  long-  and  exciting- 
contest  for  United  States  senator  in 
'91.  He  is  a  quiet  man,  a  hard  worker 
in  committee  and  a  staunch  repub- 
lican. He  is  married: 

Committees:  Insurance,  education,  en- 
rolled and  engrossed  bills,  fish  and  game, 
senatorial  apportionment. 

Quffin,  Washington  I.,  (rep.),    Paw 

Paw;  grain  and  coal  dealer.  Born  in 
Carlisle,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  17,  1840,  and 
moved  to  Illinois  in  '69,  settling-  011  a 
farm  near  Mahigin's  Grove,  Lee  coun- 
ty, where  he  went  into  the  dairy  and 
cheese  industrj'.  In  '72  the  Burling-ton 
railroad  ran  a  branch  through  the 
•county,  and  established  the  town  of 
Compton,  where  Mr.  Guffin  built  an 
•elevator,  also  one  at  Paw  Paw,  and 
engaged  in  the  grain  business,  with 
his  home  at  Compton.  Sixteen  years 
later  he  moved  to  Paw  Paw.  He  was 
educated  in  the  common  and  select 
schools  near  his  boyhood  home,  owns 
real  estate  in  Paw  Paw  and  Evanston, 
and  is  married.  He  was  on  the  county 
board  in  '72;  but  never  was  on  a  jury, 
"was  a  witness  in  court  only  once,  and 
never  had  a  case  in  court  as  plaintiff 
or  defendant.  He  is  very  independ- 


WASHINGTON  I.    GUFFIN. 

•ent  in  his  utterance  and  a  g-ood  legis- 
lator. He  was  nominated  for  the  leg- 
islature by  the  Lee  county  convention 
by  acclamation.  Is  always  present. 

Committees:  Congressional  apportion- 
ment, revenue,  appropriations,  municipal 
corporations,  municipal  and  state  indebted - 


Guthrie,  Noah  H.,  (rep.),  Aledo; 
farmer.  Born  in  Green  Co.,  Pa., 
March  6,  1842,  and  received  a  common 
school  education.  He  worked  on  a 
farm  until  '61,  when  he  answered  the 
summons  to  arms,  enlisting  in  Co.  A, 
7th  W.  Va.  Inf.,  and  served  with  credit 
for  over  three  Years.  He  was  in  all 


NOAH   H.    GUTHRIE. 

the  great  battles  of  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac,  and  was  wounded  in  the 
right  leg  at  Spottsylvania,  necessitat- 
ing the  removal  of  eight  inches  of  the 
tibia.  It  is  not  apparent  in  his  gait, 
and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  wonders 
of  surgery.  In  Dec.  '64,  he  came  to 
Illinois  and  was  appointed  to  the  Illi- 
nois Soldiers'  College  at  Fulton, 
remaining  from  '67  to  '70.  He  took 
the  U.  S.  census  for  his  county  in  '70; 
was  elected  sheriff  the  same  year,  and 
re-elected  in  '72,  and  has  farmed  most 
of  the  time  since.  Is  married  and 
owns  280  acres  of  land,  all  finely  im- 
proved. He  took  the  census  of  his 
township  in  '80  and  was  elected  to  the 
house  in  '92. 

Committees:  Mines  and  mining,  live 
stock  and  dairying,  sanitary  affairs,  fish 
and  game,  contingent  expenses. 

Hanker,  Charles,  (rep.),  Toledo;  con- 
tractor and  builder,  was  born  in  Wit- 
tenberg, Prussia,  May  4,  1843,  and 
moved  with  his  father  to  America  in 
'62  settling  first  in  Freeburg,  St.  Clair 
Co.,  111.,  where  he  learned  the  carpen- 
ter trade.  He  moved  to  Cumberland 
county  in  '67  and  engaged  in  the  fur- 
niture business.  He  is  married  and 
owns  considerable  city  property-.  He 
has  held  various  minor  offices  and  has 
been  chairman  of  the  republican  coun- 
ty central  committee.  Opportunities 
for  education  were  not  as  plentiful  as 


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now,  and  he  received  the  common 
school  education  of  the  time  in  which 
he  was  a  youth.  He  is  a  quiet  and 
modest  member  but  watches  closely 
the  moves  of  the  leaders  on  the  floor, 


CHARLES  HANKER. 

and  is  faithful    in    attendance.     He  is 
a  good,  reliable  representative. 

Committees:  Fees  and  salaries,  public 
buildings,  labor  and  industrial,  manufac- 
tures, military. 

Manna,  D.  Caswell,  (rep,),Monmouth; 
farmer  and  stock  raiser.  Born  in  War- 
ren Co.,  June  8,  1836,  and  received  a 
common  school  education.  In  '60  he 
went  to  Colorado  and  New  Mexico, 
spending-  over  a  year  mining,  teaming, 
etc.  He  returned  home  and  enlisted  in 


D.   CASWELL    HANNA. 


Co.  C  91st  111.  Inf.,  in  Aug.  '62;  was 
elected  first  lieutenant.  Saw  his  first 
service  in  Elizabethtown,  Ky.,  where 
the  rebel  Gen.  John  Morgan  captured 


his  command  Dec.  25,  '62.  He  remained 
in  Benton  barracks,  Mo.,  on  parole 
until  June  '63,  when  he  was  exchanged 
and  sent  to  Vicksburg,  arriving  a  few- 
days  after  the  surrender.  After  a 
scouting  service  of  several  weeks  he 
reached  New  Orleans  in  August,  was 
promoted  to  the  command  of  his  com- 
pany, and  participated  in  the  principal 
battles  of  the  Army  of  the  Gulf,  in- 
cluding Banks'  campaign  to  Texas  and 
the  Rio  Grande,  winding  up  his  ser- 
vice in  Mobile  after  taking  part  in  the 
siege  of  Spanish  Fort  and  Fort  Blake- 
ly.  He  was  discharged  July  27,  '65 
and  returned  home.  Was  married  Oct. 
17,  '66  to  Miss  Martha  E.  Heaton,  and 
h  as  a  family  of  five  girls  and  four  boys. 
He  lived  in  Henderson  county  for 
many  years  and  in  '69  was  elected 
county  clerk,  and  re-elected  in  '73 ; 
was  also  mayor  of  Oquawka  one  term. 


JAY  L.    HASTINGS. 

In  '76  he  moved  to  Monmouth  ;  is  in- 
terested chiefly  in  agricultural  and 
educational  measures. 

Committees:  Worlds  fair,  license,  farm 
drainage. 

Hastings,  Jay  L.,  (rep.),  Galesburg; 
lawyer.  Born  June  6,  1858,  twelve 
miles  north  of  Ottawa,  111.  His  father 
is  now  a  lumber  merchant  in  Bay  City, 
Mich.  Mr.  Hastings  remained  on  the 
LaSalle  county  farm  until  he  was  12 
years  old,  when  his  parents  moved  on 
a  Michigan  farm.  Afterwards  he  en- 
tered Lombard  University,  at  Gales- 
burg,  maintaining  himself  by  corres- 
ponding for  Chicago,  St.  Louis  papers, 
and  the  Associated  Press.  He  gradua- 
ted in  '76  and  while  in  school  earned  a 
flattering  reputation  for  ability  and  as 
an  orator.  He  was  on  The  Chicago 
Tribune  for  a  time,  and  then  entered. 


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the  law  office  of  Hon.  O.  F.  Price,  and 
in  two  years  was  admitted  to  the  bar. 
He  ear;y  took  great  interest  and  be- 
•came  prominent  in  local  and  county 
politics.  He  was  public  administrator 
of  Knox  county  for  four  years  and  lias 
been  alderman  many  years.  Marr'ed. 
Committees:  Judiciary,  municipal  corpor- 
ations, county  and  township  organization, 
building  and  loan  associations,  elections. 

Hawks,  James  A.,  (rep.),  Atwood; 
grain  and  lumber  dealer.  Born  in 
Osweg-o,  N.  Y.,  July  19,  1847,  arid  edu- 
cated at  Falley  Seminary,  Fulton.  N. 
Y.,  and  Hamilton  College,  graduating 
in  '69.  He  enlisted  in  the  3d  N.  Y. 
Art.  when  but  17  years  old,  and  was 
captured  and  placed  in  L,ibby  prison. 
from  which  place  he  was  released  when 
Gen.  Grant  captured  Richmond.  After 
the  war  he  resumed  his  studies  and 
moved  to  Piatt  Co.,  111.,  in  '69  and 


JAMES  A.    HAWKS. 

started  in  the  general  merchandise 
business.  In  '87  he  branched  off  into 
grain  and  lumber,  and  has  been  deal- 
ing' in  these  two  ever  since.  He  is 
married  and  owns  1,280  acres  of  land. 
He  has  been  supervisor  and  held  vari- 
ous minor  offices.  He  was  elected  to 
the  house  in  '82  and  returned  in  '92, 
and  no  man  stands  hig-her  among-  his 
colleagues.  He  has  no  hobbies,  and 
scans  closely  every  measure  that 
comes  up.  He  is  a  gx>ed  legislator. 

Committees:  Banks  and  banking,  finance, 
drainage,  claims. 

Hawley,  Edgar  C.,  (rep.),  Dundee; 
merchant  and  stock  raiser.  Republi- 
can leader  of  the  house.  Born  in  Bar- 
rington,  111.,  Feb.  20,  1850,  and  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
Elgin  Academy.  Is  married.  Was 
cashier  of  the  State  Grain  Inspector's 


office  in  Chicago  for  a  time,  and  at 
present  carries  on  a  larg-e  business  at 
Dundee.  Was  elected  to  the  house  of 
representatives  in  '88,  '90,  and  '92. 
Was  the  republican  caucus  nominee 


EDGAK  C.    HA\VLEV. 

for  speaker  in  the  present  general 
assembly,  and  as  such  became  the 
party  leader  and  was  conceded  a  chair- 
manship with  clerk  and  room  for  use 
of  republican  members  He  has  taken 
an  important  part  in  the  legislation  of 
the  g-eneral  assemblies  of  which  he  has 
been  a  member;  is  a  strong  party  man 
and  a  very  shrewd  politician. 

Committees:  Rights  of  the  minority— the 
steering  committee—  (chairman ) ,  railroads, 
finance,  penal  and  reformatory,  banks  and 
banking,  agriculture,  live  stock  and  dairy- 
ing, rules. 


EDWAKD  J.    HAYES. 

Hayes,  Edward  J.,  (dem.),  Chicago; 
merchant.  Born  in  Ansonia,  Conn., 
July  9,  1863,  and  moved  to  Chicago 
with  his  parents  when  four  months 


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old.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  worked  in  a  stove  foundry 
for  ten  years.  The  first  public  office 
Tie  has  held  is  the  present  one.  Al- 
though one  of  the  youngest  members, 
Mr.  Hayes  has  been  complimented  by 
places  on  several  important  commit- 
tees. Is  not  married. 

Committees:  Municipal  corporations, 
elections,  revenue,  license,  retrenchment, 
executive  department,  labor  and  industrial 
affairs . 

*  Holtslaw,  Daniel  W.,  (dem.),  luka; 
farmer.  Born  in  Marion  county,  Feb. 
5,  1849  ;  educated  in  the  county  schools. 
Is  married  and  owns  400  acres. 

Committees:  Visit  educational  institu- 
tions, (chairman),  congressional  apportion- 
ment, appropriations,  mines  and  mining. 

Henning,  Edgar  L.,  (dem.),  Piano; 
banker  and  merchant.  Born  in  Ken- 
dall county,  April  8, 1849,  and  educated 
in  the  common  schools,  at  a  commer- 
cial 'College  and  Ann  Arbor.  He 
started  in  life  on  a  farm,  then  began 
clerking  in  a  store,  and  in  '75  engaged 
in  the  mercantile  line  himself,  con- 
tinuing it  up  to  the  present  day.  He 
started  E.  L,.  Henning's  Bank  in  '79, 
and  it  is  one  of  the  most  substantial 
and  safe  institutions  in  the  state.  He 
is  married,  and  owns  600  acres  of  land 
besides  town  and  city  property.  He 
has  held  various  local  offices,  and  has 
been  on  the  board  of  education  for 
nine  years,  and  president  of  the  board 
for  four.  He  is  a  very  industrious 


EDGAR  L.    HENNING. 

member,  and  for  his  first  session  is 
well  posted  on  legislative  work.  He  is 
a  good  democrat  and  valuable  member. 
Committees :  Executive  department  (chair- 
man), banks  and  banking,  appropriations, 
canal-river  improvement  and  commerce, 
agriculture,  building  and  loan  associations 
state  and  municipal  indebtedness. 


Herdman,  Alexander  B.,  (dem.),  Mor- 
risonville; miller  and  grain  dealer. 
Born  in  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  5, 
1837,  and  moved  to  Illinois  with  his 
parents  in  '42,  settling  first  in  Ran- 
dolph county,  where  he  remained  for 
12 'years;  they  he  moved  to  Jersey 
county,  remaining  until  '67;  then  to 


ALEXANDER  B.    HERDMAN. 

Brighton,  where  he  remained  until  '71, 
and  from  '71  to  the  present  time  he  has 
been  a  resident  of  Morrisonville  and 
engaged  in  his  present  business.  He 
always  voted  the  democratic  ticket. 
Was  educated  in  the  common  school 
branches  in  public  and  select  schools, 
and  finished  his  education  at  West- 
minister College,  Fulton,  Mo.  Is  mar- 
ried and  owns  160  acres  in  Jersey 
county.  Has  been  connected  with 
school  offices  all  his  life;  has  been  on 
the  board  of  supervisors  for  several 
years  and  was  chairman  one  year  and 
has  been  on  town  boards  and  president 
of  the  same.  He  desires  very  much  to 
see  democratic  pledges  of  economy 
and  reform  fulfilled,  and  every  time 
the  opportunity  occurs  votes  in  that 
direction. 

Committees:  To  visit  state  charitable  in- 
stitutions (chairman),  appropriations, 
revenue,  county  and  township  organization, 
world's  fair,  canal  and  river  improvement 
and  commerce,  state  institutions. 

Higgins,  Richard  T.,  (rep.),  Vanda- 
lia;  banker.  Born  in  Cass  county, 
111.,  June  9,  1842,  and  left  an  orphan 
at  the  age  of  12.  When  15  he  left  the 
farm  to  make  his  home  with  his 
brother-in-law,  Dr.  F.  B.  Haller,  of 
Vandalia.  He  took  a  full  academic 
course  at  Tuscarora  Academy,  Pa., 
and  obtained  a  complete  medical  edu- 
cation at  the  Chicago  Medical  College, 
and  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Phila- 


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clelphia.  He  entered  the  union  service 
as  a  hospital  steward  and  was  pro- 
moted on  his  merits  to  be  assistant 
surgeon.  In  '64  he  returned  home  and 
entered  into  partnership  with  Dr, 


I.-ICII  \i:i>  T.    IIIGdINS 


Haller.  Althong-h  very  successful  in 
his  profession  he  was  competed  to 
abandon  it  to  take  care  of  his  large 
business  interests.  In  '75  he  was  elec- 
ted president  of  the  Farmers  and  Mer- 
chants National  Bank,  which  place  he 
now  fills.  He  is  married  and  owns 
1,500  acres  of  farm  land  in  addition  to 
considerable  city  real  estate.  He  has 
held  various  offices  of  minor  import- 
ance; was  nominated  Toy  acclamation. 
Committees:  Railroads,  appropriations, 
worlds  fair,  sanitary  affairs. 


JOHN  HOLMES. 

Holmes,  John,   (dem.),  Medina;  far- 
mer.     Born   in  County   Londonderry, 


ping  for  a  short  time  and  moving  on 
to  New  York,  where  the  family 
remained  for  eight  years.  In  '3.5  they 
located  on  a  wild  piece  of  land  within 
a  mile  of  Mr.  Holmes'  present  home. 
He  has  farmed  all  his  life,  is  healthy, 
vigorous,  and  owns  2,500  acres  of  mag- 
nificent land — farming  has  paid  under 
his  careful  guidance,  energy  and 
thrift.  He  is  married  and  has  a  family 
of  ten  children,  and  if  they  carry  their 
character  in  their  faces  as  does  their 
father,  they  can  borrow  all  they  want 
without  making  a  note.  He  received 
an  indifferent  education  in  district 
schools.  He  is  popular  and  respected 
by  his  neighbors  or  he  would  not  have 
held  office  for  32  of  the  35  years  he  has 
lived  in  Medina  township  since  he  was 
21;  he  was  postmaster  seven  years  and 
member  of  the  county  board  for  five 
years,  being  chairman  one  term.  Mr. 


Canada  with  his  parents    in 


stop- 


ARCHIBALU  W.    HOPKINS. 

Holmes  was  too  modest  to  permit  the 
telling  of  how  he  saved  Peoria  county 
thousands  of  dollars  in  the  building  of 
the  new  court  house  in  the  70's. 

Committees:  Canal  and  river  improvement 
and  commerce,  public  buildings,  claims, 
agriculture,  soldiers' home,  horticulture. 

Hopkins,  Archibald  W.,  (rep.),  Gran- 
ville,  Putnam  Co.;  farmer.  Born  \l/2 
miles  east  of  Granville,  and  has  lived 
on  the  same  spot  ever  since,  his  father 
having  settled  there  fifty-eight  years 
ago.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  at  Hillsdale  College,  Mich. 
Is  not  married.  Hon.  Joel  W.  Hopkins, 
his  father,  was  a  republican  member 
of  the  27th  General  Assembly,  and  is 
79  years  old.  They  own  and  operate  a 
great  deal  of  valuable  land  in  Putnam 
and  Bureau  counties,  Mr.  Hopkins  de- 
clined to  give  the  number  of  acres.  He 


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has  a  record  as  a  legislator  that  will 
bear  the  closest  scrutiny,  and  is  one  of 
the  hardest  workers  in  the  house.  In 
'78  he  spent  five  months  traveling-  in 
Europe,  and  has  visited  about  every 
point  of  interest  in  the  west  and  a 
great  deal  of  the  south.  He  was  elec- 
ted to  the  house  in  '90  and  '92. 

Committees:  Appropriations,  sanitary  af- 
fairs, military,  to  visit  educational  institu- 
tions, worlds  fair. 

Johnson,  Caleb  C.,  (dem.),  Sterling; 
lawyer.  Born  on  a  farm  in  Whiteside 
county  May  23,  1844.  Educated  in  the 
common  schools  and  spent  a  term  in 
the  military  academy  at  Fulton.  Ad- 
mitted to  practice  law  in  '67  and 
began  practice  in  '69.  Was  in  the  army 
as  a  member  of  Co.  C,  69th  Illinois,  and 
Co.  D,  140th  Illinois.  Whiteside  county 
is  overwhelmingly  republican,  and 
the  opportunities  for  preferment  of  a 


CALKB  C.  JOHNSON. 

democrat  are  few  and  far  between;  has 
been  a  member  of  the  board  of  super- 
visors, and  was  deputy  collector  of 
internal  revenue  during  Cleveland's 
administration.  He  was  a  delegate  to 
the  national  democratic  convention  in 
'88.  In  '85  and  '87  was  a  member  of 
the  house  and  was  one  of  the  dem- 
ocratic leaders.  It  was  the  session  of 
'85  that  Col.  Morrison  and  Gen.  L,ogan 
fought  for  the  U.  S.  senatorship,  and 
Mr.  Johnson  was  a  firm  friend  of  the 
Waterloo  statesman.  Is  married. 

Committees:  Judicial  department  and 
practice  (chairman),  rules,  steering  com- 
mittee, municipal  corporations,  federal  rela- 
tions, miscellaneous  subjects,  joint  commit- 
tee on  enrolled  and  engrossed  bills, 
congressional  apportionment,  county  and 
township  organization. 

Jones,  Alba  M.,  (rep.),  Milford; 
merchant.  Born  in  Stockland  town- 


ship, Iroquois  Co.,  May  23,  1856,  and 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools 
with  finishing  touches  at  Valparaiso 
University.  Is  married  and  well-to-do 
in  this  world's  goods.  He  has  been  a 


A.L.11A.   M.   JOJNJfiS. 

member  of  the  board  of  supervisors 
for  seven  years,  and  on  the  board  of 
education  for  five  years,  and  was 
chairman  of  the  board  in  '90-'91.  Has 
no  hobbies  or  fancies  to  work  off  dur- 
ing the  session,  but  favors  any  legis- 
lation that  is  beneficial  to  the  people 
of  the  state.  Is  present  at  every  ses- 
sion and  is  a  good  representative. 

Committees:  World's  fair,  roads  and 
bridges,  building  and  loan  associations, 
military,  farm  drainage,  senatorial  appor- 
tionment. 


Jones,  Norman  L.,  (dem.),  Carroll- 
ton;  abstracts  and  loans.  Born  in 
Patterson,  111.,  Sept.  19,  1870,  and  is 
the  "baby"  of  the  general  assembly. 


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His  father  moved  his  family  to  Car- 
rollton  in  '72  and  here  Mr.  Jones  was 
educated  in  the  hig-h  school,  graduat- 
ing- in  '88,  and  completing-  his  studies 
at  Valparaiso  and  West  Point  Military 
Academy.  He  taug-ht  school  for  two 
winters  in  Fayette,  111.  Is  not  mar- 
ried, and  has  not  been  a  voter  long 
enoug-h  to  have  a  record  as  a  servant 
of  the  people.  Althoug-h  it  is  early  in 
the  session  he  gives  promise  of  be- 
coming a  useful  and  influential  mem- 
ber, and  is  a  credit  to  his  constituents, 
his  party  and  himself. 

Committees:  Judicial  department,  appro- 
priations, education,  military,  executive  de- 
partment, manufactures,  library. 

*Johnson,  Richard  fl.,  (rep),  Levings; 
fanner.  Born  in  Morgan  Co.,  Ky., 
Feb.  24,  1842;  educated  in  common 
schools  and  served  in  the  Union  army 
in  Co.  A,  22d  Ky.  Inf.  Is  married  and 
owns  200  acres. 

Committees:  Warehouses,  world's  fair, 
federal  relations,  miscellaneous. 

Kaiser,  Louis,  (rep.),  Bushnell;  re- 
tired merchant.  Born  in  Vacha,  King- 
dom of  Saxony,  July  29,  1841,  and  in 
'58  emigrated  alone  when  17  years  old 
to  Burlington,  Iowa,  whera  he  remain- 
ed until  April,  '61,  when  he  started  in 
business  for  himself  in  the  dry  goods 
line  at  Young  America,  now  Kirkwood, 
111.  He  remained  there  until  '65,  when 
he  moved  to  Bushnell  continuing  the 
same  business  until  '91,  when  he 


LOUIS  KAISER. 

retired  to  enjoy  the  accumulations 
of  thirty  years'  close  application  to 
business.  He  went  into  business  for 
himself  at  19,  was  married  at  21,  and  a 
grandfather  at  45;  is  possessed  of  an 
independent  fortune,  including  1,600 
acres  of  land,  the  fruit  of  hard  work 


and  shrewdness.  He  has  been  mayor 
of  Bushnell  for  three  terms,  one  term 
on  the  board  of  education,  and  presi- 
dent of  the  Bushnell  fair  for  several 
years.  He  received  a  common  school 
education,  and  is  bending  his  energies 
toward  securing  a  uniform  text  book 
law  for  Illinois,  and  also  advocates  a 


LAWRENCK   KKLLY. 

law  that  permits  the  payment  of 
taxes  semi-annually,  to  benefit  the 
farmer. 


Committee 


rehouse 


ees:        Appropriations, 
s,  horticulture,  elections. 


finance, 


Kelly,  Lawrence,  (clem.),  Martins- 
ville;  farmer.  Born  in  County  West- 
meath,  Ireland,  Dec.  15,  1837,  and  on 
the  death  of  his  father  his  mother 
started  with  him  for  the  new  world  in 
'48,  but  she  died  on  the  ocean.  He 
landed  in  New  Orleans  friendless  and 
alone  and  drifted  around  until  '50, 
when  he  settled  in  Clark  Co.,  111.,  in 
the  same  school  district  that  is  now 
his  home.  Mr.  Kelly  has  had  only  a 
fair  education.  Is  comfortable  so  far 
as  this  world's  goods  go,  having 
accumulated  over  200  acres  of  fertile 
land  by  industry,  frugality  and  close 
attention  to  business.  His  main 
characteristic  is  a  sturdy  spirit  of  self- 
reliance.  Is  married.  He  has  repre- 
sented his  township  in  the  count)- 
board,  and  was  elected  to  the  house  in 
'90  and  '92.  In  the  session  of  '91  he 
stood  in  the  front  rank  for  Palmer  for 
U.  S.  senator;  is  a  conservative  and 
careful  member,  and  is  very  popular 
among  his  colleagues. 

Committees:  Contingent  expenses  (chair- 
man), live  stock  and  dairying,  agriculture, 
railroads,  horticulture,  state  institutions, 
roads  and  bridges,  executive  department, 
retrenchment. 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


King,  William  H.,  (rep.),  Chicago; 
real  estate  and  loans.  Born  in  Erie 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  25,  1844,  and  moved  to 
Chicag-o  in  Aug.  '68,  and  has  lived 
there  ever  since.  He  practically  edu- 
cated himself  in  the  common  school 
branches.  President  Lincoln's  call 
for  troops  in  '61  aroused  his  patriotism 


WILLIAM  H.   KING. 

and  he  responded  by  enlisting  in 
Co.  B,  14th  Wis.  Inf.,  in  June,  '61, 
and  served  for  nearly  four  years,  par- 
ticipating in  the  battles  of  Fort 
Donelson,  Shiloh  (where  he  was 
wounded  in  the  head  and  left  leg), 
Corinth,  luka,  Jackson,  Vicksburg 
(where  he  was  wounded  in  the  right 
arm),  the  Red  River  expedition,  and 
was  in  the  campaign  from  Nashville 
to  Savannah  with  Sherman.  He  re- 
ceived five  gunshot  wounds.  Is  mar- 
ried. Learned  the  carpenter's  trade 
before  the  war.  He  is  a  32d  degree 
Mason,  and  past  post  commander  of 
the  G.  A.  R.,  and  has  also  been  treas- 
urer of  the  Veteran  Union  League  for 
the  past  eight  years. 

Committees:  Municipal  corporations, 
penal  and  reformatory,  insurance,  fish  and 
game,  executive  department. 

*Kroh,  Philip  H.,  (dem.),  Anna; 
preacher.  Born  in  Frederick  Co.,  Va., 
Feb.  10,  1824;  educated  at  Woodward 
College,  Cincinnati,  and  at  the 
Columbus  Theological  Seminary;  was 
chaplain  of  the  109th  111.  Inf.  Elected 
county  superintendent  of  schools  in 
'63;  is  married. 

Committees:  History  (chairman),  public 
charities,  public  buildings,  manufactures, 
claims,  roads  and  bridges. 

Kent,  William  E.,  (rep.),  Chicago; 
real  estate.  Born  in  County  Cork, 
Ireland,  Jan.  6,  1861,  and  emigrated 


with  his  parents  to  Middletown,  Conn., 
in  '64.  He  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  Connecticut,  working 
on  the  farm  meantime.  He  moved  to 
Chicago  in  '81;  learned  the  carpenter's, 
trade  and  followed  it  for  two  years. 
Then  he  went  into  the  Custom  House 
as  clerk  under  Jesse  Spaulding,  re- 
maining for  another  two  years,  and 
was  deputy  coroner  of  Cook  county 
for  four  years.  He  studied  civil  engi- 
neering and  took  contracts  for  sinking 
mines  and  erecting  shaftings,  and 
other  work  in  that  connection.  He 
was  in  this  line  when  he  lost  his  eye- 
sight in  Feb.  '92,  a  man  who  was  crazy 
drunk  blazing  away  at  him  with  both 
barrels  of  a  shot-gun.  To  the  surprise 
of  everyone  he  recovered,  but  lost  both 
eyes.  Since  then  he  has  dabbled  in 
real  estate  to  some  extent.  He  has 
always  been  very  active  in  republican 
politics,  and  is  one  of  the  shrewdest 
republican  workers  in  Cook  county. 
He  was  delegate  to  national  republican 
conventions  in  '84  and  '88,  and  alter- 
nate-at-large  in  '92;  has  been  on  the 
Cook  county  committee  for  many  years 
off  and  on.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
house  in  '89. 

Committees:  Corporations,  municipal  cor- 
porations, warehouses,  license,  retrench- 
ment. 

Kwasigroch,  John  A.,  (dem.),  Chi- 
cago; real  estate.  Born  in  Polish 
Germany  Jan.  18, 1866 — was  the  second 


WILLIAM  K.  KENT. 

youngest  member  of  the  37th  general 
assembly,  and  was  re-elected  to  the 
present  legislature  by  an  increased 
majority.  Moved  to  Chicago  in  '71  and 
educated  in  the  St.  Stanislaus  Kostka 
parish  school.  After  the  death  of  his 
father  was  employed  as  messenger  by 


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the  American  District  Telegraph  com- 
pany, and  is  now  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  business.  He  was  one  of  the 
"101"  who  stood  by  Gen.  Palmer  from 
start  to  finish  without  flinching  in  '91, 


JOHN  A.    KW 


and  had  several  important  committee 
assignments.  Is  very  prominent  in 
Cook  county  politics;  is  not  married. 

Committees:  Corporations,  warehouses, 
sanitary  affairs,  printing,  miscellaneous  sub- 
jects, license,  world's  fair. 

Langhenry,  Qodfred,  (rep.),  Chi- 
cago; lawyer.  Born  in  Chicago  April 
1,  1861,  and  has  lived  in  the  metropolis 
all  his  life.  Was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools,  and  at  the  age  of  15  went 
into  the  wholesale  house  of  Marshall 


GODFKED   LANOHENKY 


Field  &  Co.,  where  he  remained  until 
he  was  29,  being  promoted  from  stock 
boy  to  charge  of  a  section  of  the  no- 
tion department.  During  the  last  two 


years  he  was  there  he  attended  even- 
ing classes  in  the  Chicago  College  of 
Law,  graduated  in  June,  '90,  and  im- 
mediately began  practicing  his  pro- 
fession, devoting  himself  exclusively 
to  civil  business,  and  has  had  more 
than  ordinary  success.  He  is  also 
secretary-treasurer  of  the  Eagle  Litho- 
graphing Co.,  one  of  the  largest  con- 
cerns in  Chicago;  is  married. 

Committees:  Hailroads,  judiciary,  muni- 
cipal corporations,  executive  department, 
libraries,  steering  committee. 

Leavitt,  Thomas  N.,  (rep.),  Maroa; 
merchant  and  banker.  Born  in  Rock- 
ingham  county,  N.  H.,  October  6,  1838, 
and  moved  to  Peoria  with  his  parents 
in  '44,  and  to  Maroa  in  '61,  rented  a 
farm  and  settled  down.  The  call  for 
troops  aroused  his  martial  ardor  and 
he  enlisted  in  Co.  C,  66th  111.  Inf.,  and 
aft^r  three  years'  hard  service  he 


III  ,>M  \S    N  .     LI!  \  V  ITT. 


returned  to  the  plow  and  sickle.  After 
two  3rears'  farm  work  he  started  a 
grocery  store  in  Maroa,  and  gradually 
added  farm  implements  and  other 
lines;  then  went  into  the  lumber  and 
coal  business,  and  in  '91  assisted  in 
organizing  the  State  Bank  of  Clinton, 
of  which  he  is  president;  is  also  presi- 
dent of  the  Leavitt  &  Oglevee  Co., 
dealers  in  farm  implements  and  lum- 
ber. For  a  few  months  he  was  a  fire- 
man on  the  first  railroad  that  ran 
into  Peoria — the  present  Peoria  divis- 
ion of  the  Rock  Island.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  and  finished 
at  the  Northern  Illinois  institute,  then 
a  thriving  institution  at  Henr}-.  Is 
married,  and  besides  bank  stock,  etc., 
and  real  estate,  owns  1,000  acres  of 
land;  was  postmaster  of  Maroa  for  17 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


69 


years,  and  has  been  supervisor  and 
chairman  of  the  Macon  county  board. 
Committees:  Revenue,  warehouses, 
banks  and  banking,  manufactures,  miscel- 
laneous. 

*Lewis,  Albert  W.,  (rep.),  Harris- 
burg;  lawyer.  Born  Nov.  30,  1856,  in 
Clinton  Co.,  O.  Educated  at  Wilming- 
ton  (O.)  College  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  '82.  Is  married,  and  has 
held  minor  offices — city  attorney, 
state's  attorney,  etc. 

Committees:  Judicial  department, fees  and 
salaries,  building  and  loan  associations, 
congressional  apportionment. 

Lyman,  William  H.,  (dem.),  Chi- 
cago; contractor.  Born  in  Chicago 
June  27,  1861,  and  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  that  city.  He  after- 
wards traveled  four  years  for  M. 
Shields  &  Co.  Is  married.  He  is  now 
a  partner  with  his  father  as  a  con- 
tractor, and  they  do  a  large  and  profit- 
able business.  He  was  elected  to  the 
general  assembly  in  '88,  '90,  and  was 
returned  in  '92  by  an  increased  major- 
ity. In  the  session  of  '91  he  partici- 
pated in  the  stirring  scenes  incident 
to  the  election  of  Gen.  Palmer  to  the 
U.  S.  Senate,  and  risked  his  life  for 
many  days  in  order  to  cast  his  vote  in 
the  joint  assembly,  having  been  car- 
ried into  the  house  in  an  invalid's 
chair.  He  pays  particular  attention 
to  the  wants  of  the  laboring  man,  and 


WILLIAM   H.    LYMAN. 

in  '91  had  charge  in  the  house  of  the 
bill  to  prevent  non-union  cigar  fac- 
tories using  union  labels  or  imitations 
thereof,  which  became  a  law. 

Committees:  Municipal  corporations 
(chairman),  railroads,  fees  and  salaries, 
labor  anil  industrial  affairs,  libraries,  con- 
gressional apportionment. 


flcQee,  J.  Park,  (dem.),  Tuscola; 
physician  and  stock  raiser.  Born  in 
Clark  Co.,  Ind.,  Jan.  5,  1848,  and 
moved  to  Douglas  county  in  '74  and 
has  been  there  ever  since.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at 
Wabash  college.  His  medical  educa- 
tion was  obtained  in  Cincinnati.  Rush 


J.    PARK  M'GEE. 

Medical  College  conferred  a  compli- 
mentary degree  on  him  for  services 
rendered  the  medical  profession  in  the 
legislative  session  of  '85.  When  only 
16  years  of  age  he  enlisted  in  the 
army  as  a  private  in  Co.  K,  137th  Ind. 
Inf.  Is  not  married,  owns  350  acres  of 
land,  and  is  extensively  engaged  in 
raising  trotting  horses.  He  has  been 
nominated  to  the  house  three  times — 
every  year  that  Cleveland  ran  for 
president  found  Dr.  McGee  on  the 
democratic  ticket  for  representative — 
and  he  was  elected  every  time,  and 
served  on  the  appropriations  commit- 
tee each  session. 

Committees:  Building  and  loan  associa- 
tions Cchalrman),  appropriations,  educa- 
tion, warehouses,  finance,  to  visit  penal  and 
reformatory  institutions. 

*flcClure,  Samuel  H., (dem.), Eureka; 
farmsr.  Born  in  Danville,  111.,  Nov. 
2,  1827;  educated  in  common  schools; 
was  in  the  mercantils  business  fourteen 
years.  Is  married,  and  owns  800  acres. 
He  has  held  various  township  offices. 

Committees:  County  and  township  organi- 
zation, public  charities,  roads  and  bridges, 
farm  drainage,  horticulture. 

flcGinlejv  James  E,,.  (dem.),  Chi- 
cago; plumber.  Born  in  Chicago 
March  6,  1866,  and  educated  at  a 
Catholic  parochial  school  and  the 
West  Division  High  School,  graduat- 
ing from  the  latter.  He  learned  his 


TO 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


father's  trade;  is  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  J.  McGinley  &  Sons,  plumbers.  He 
is  a  young-  man  with  a  brig-ht  political 
fviture  before  him.  Was  one  of  the 
first  to  be  elected  on  the  ward  cominit- 


JAMES  B.    M'GINLEY. 

tee  under  the  new  constitution  of  the 
Cook  County  Democracy.  Is  not  mar- 
ried. Was  elected  to  the  house  by  a 
labor  constituency,  and  pays  especial 
attention  to  their  wants;  he  also  advo- 
cates any  legislation  that  will  compel 
the  railroads  to  elevate  their  tracks 
in  Chicago,  and  has  a  bill  in  the  house 
which  will  accomplish  that  result. 

Committees:    Corporations,  license,  sani- 
try  affairs,  libraries,  retrenchment. 

Mclnerney,    rtichael,     (dem.),    Chi- 
cag-o; manufacturer.     Born  in  Ireland 


MICHAEL  M'INERNEY. 

Feb.  2,  1857,  and  moved  to  Chicago 
when  14  j^ears  old.  Received  a  com- 
mon school  education  and  has  always 
been  known  as  one  of  the  working 


democrats  of  Cook  county.  He 
amassed  a  fortune  by  shrewd  opera- 
tions in  real  estate,  and  is  secretary- 
treasurer  of  one  of  the'  largest  brick 
manufactories  in  the  state.  He  has 
been  collector  of  the  Town  of  L,ake. 
Is  married.  He  was  elected  to  the 
house  in  '90  and  re-elected  in  '92.  In 
the  first  session  he  took  an  active 
interest  in  the  election  of  Gen.  Palmer 
to  the  senate,  and  contributed  not  a 
little  to  the  general's  success.  Mr. 
Mclnerney  has  been  a  leader  in  both 
sessions. 

Committees:  Enrolled  and  engrossed  bills 
(chairman),  warehouses,  corporations, 
penal  and  reformatory  institutions,  munici- 
pal corporations,  banks  and  banking,  live 
stock  and  dairying,  loan  and  homestead 
associations,  senatorial  apportionment, 
steering  committee. 

flcKinlay,  Robert  L.,  (dem.),  Paris; 
lawyer.  The  democratic  leader  in  the 


ROBERT  L.    M'KINLAT. 

house.  Born  in  Cincinnati  July  14, 
1839,  and  moved  to  Paris  in  '68.  He 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools 
of  Cincinnati,  graduating-  in  the  hig-h 
school,  and  spent  some  time  at  the 
Annapolis  naval  academy.  Obtained 
his  legal  education  at  the  Cincinnati 
Law  School,  graduating-  in  '61,  being- 
admitted  to  the  bar  the  same  year.  He 
was  captain  of  Co.  A,  59th,  and  adju- 
tant of  the  22d  O.  Inf.;  saw  hard  ser- 
vice in  West  Virginia  and  west  Ten- 
nessee. Returning  from  the  army  he 
tock  up  the  practice  of  his  profession, 
and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful lawyers  in  Eastern  Illinois.  Is 
married  and  owns  considerable  prop- 
erty in  Paris.  He  was  city  attorney  of 
Paris  for  many  years,  and  was  elected 
to  the  house  in  '76,  '78,  '86  and  '92. 
He  made  a  magnificent  canvass  of  the 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


71 


state  in  '84,  as  democratic  candidate 
for  attorney-general,  and  ran  a  hope- 
less race  against  J.  G.  Cannon  for  con- 
gress in  '88.  He  is  one  of  the  strongest 
men  in  the  house,  and  as  chairman  of 
the  committee  on  appropriations 
has  charge  of  that  important  subject 
in  the  house. 

Committees:  Appropriations  (chairman), 
steering  committee  (chairman),  rules,  judi- 
ciary, municipal  corporations,  joint  rules, 
education,  finance,  federal  relations,  county 
and  township  organization. 

*McCrone,  George  C.,  (rep.),  Quincy; 
lawyer.  Born  near  Hartford,  Conn., 
Aug.  22,  1857,  and  spent  two  years  as 
a  western  cattle  herder;  educated  at 
Dartmouth  College  and  Ann  Arbor. 
Elected  to  the  house  in  '90  and  '92.  Is 
married. 

Committees:  Judiciary,  municipal  cor- 
porations, claims,  reti enchment. 

*flcMurdy,  Robert,  (rep.),  Chicago; 
lawyer.  Born  in  Frankfort,  Ky., 
March  8,  1860,  and  received  a  collegiate 
education.  Is  married. 

Committees:  Judiciary,  municipal  cor- 
porations, elections,  congressional  appor- 
tionment, world's  fair. 

McKenzie,  John  C.,  (rep.),  Elizabeth; 
lawyer.  Born  in  Woodbine  township, 
Jo  Daviess  Co.,  Feb.  18,  1860.  He  re- 
ceived a  common  school  education  and 
studied  law  with  Judge  W.  T.  Hodson, 
of  Galena,  and  was  admitted  to  prac- 
tice in  '89.  He  worked  on  a  farm 
when  not  at  school  in  his  youth.  He 


JOHN  C.    M'KENZIE. 

has  practiced  his  profession  since  '89 
and  is  also  interested  in  the  shipping 
of  live  stock,  in  which  he  is  exten- 
sively engaged.  He  has  been  super- 
visor and  has  held  various  minor 
offices.  Is  married  and  is  in  comforta- 
ble circumstances,  Mr.  McKenzie  is 


not  a  silent  member  of  the  house.  Nor 
does  he  make  many  speeches — he  fills 
a  mean  between  the  two  extremes. 

Committees:  Roads  and  bridges,  insur- 
ance, fish  and  game,  miscellaneous  subjects, 
judicial  department,  printing. 

McKnight,  Sargeant,  (rep.),  Girard; 
real  estate.  Born  in  Macoupin  Co., 


SAKGEANT  M 'KNIGHT. 

111.,  Jan.  6,  1844;  parents  were  Vir- 
ginians. He  was  educated  in  common 
schools,  and  enlisted  as  a  private  in 
Co.  H.,  122d  111.  Inf.  in  Aug.,  '62.  Was 
elected  first  sergeant  and  promoted  to 
second  lieutenant  Dec.  31,  '62.  Served 
as  inspector  on  the  staff  of  Col.  Hicks, 
commanding  post  of  Paducah,  Ky., 
and  participated  in  the  repulse  of  Gen. 
Forrest  on  Fort  Anderson  in  March, 
'64.  Later  he  served  as  provost  mar- 
shal of  the  city  of  Paducah.  In  Dec. 
'64,  he  was  appointed  aide-de-camp  on 
the  staff  of  Gen.  Garrard,  commanding 
second  division,  16th  army  corps,  and 
participated  in  the  battle  of  Nashville 
Dec.  15-16,  '64.  Promoted  to  captain  by 
brevet  by  the  presidenffor  gallant  and 
meritorious  services  during  the  cam- 
paign against  the  city  of  Mobile  and 
defenses";  was  mustered  out  of  service 
in  July,  '65,  and  returned  to  Girard,  en- 
gaging in  the  dry  goods  business  and 
the  manufacture  of  woolen  goods,  and 
remained  in  active  business  until  '89. 
In  May,  '66,  was  married  to  Miss  Vir- 
ginia A.  Boggen.  Served  as  member 
of  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Macou- 
pin county;  for  four  years  was  captain 
in  the  5th  regiment,  I.  N.  G.;  was  aide- 
de-camp  on  the  staff  of  Gov.  Fifer 
with  rank  of  colonel.  He  is  past  com- 
mander of  Luke  Mayfield  post,  G.  A. 
R.,  and  was  representative  from  Illi- 
nois to  the  national  encampment  at 


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LEGISLATIVE   SOfVKNlK. 


Boston;  in  '93  was  again  selected — as  a 
delegate-at-large — to  the  national  en- 
campment. Was  aide-de-camp  on  the 
.staff  of  Gens.  Veazey  and  Palmer,  com- 
mandars-in-chief ,  G.  A.  R.  He  was 
chosen  minority  candidate  for  repre- 
sentative from  the  38th  district  without 
opposition. 

Committees:  Steering  committee,  railroads, 
county  and  township  organization,  live 
stocK  and  dairying,  claims,  retrenchment, 
senatorial  apportionment. 

HcMillan,  James  T.,  (dem.),  Jack- 
sonville; lawyer.  Born  on  a  farm 
near  Spring-field  Jan.  27,  1840,  and 
when  13  j'ears  old  his  father  moved  on 
a  farm  near  Jacksonville,  permitting 
Mr.  McMillan  to  attend  the  Jackson- 
ville schools.  He  graduated  from  the 
high  school  while  Hon.  Newton  Bate- 
man  was  principal.  Then  he  sje.it 
three  years  in  Illinois  College  and  one 
year  in  the  literary  department  of  Ann 
Arbor  Univer.-ity.  He  graduated  from 
Union  College,  New  York,  in  '63,  and 
took  a  term  of  medicine  at  Columbia 
College  and  eight  months  at  Bellevue 
Hospital.  He  was  one  of  a  number 
who  volunteered  to  go  to  the  battle 
field  of  Antietam  and  care  for  the  sick 
and  wounded,  but  the  labor  was  too 
arduous  and  he  had  to  give  it  up.  Still 
thirsting  for  the  highest  medical  edu- 
cation, he  returned  to  Ann  Arbor  for 
another  term  and  graduated  in  medi- 
cine. But  he  discovered  that  he  could 


JAMES  T.     M'MILLAN. 

not  stand  the  night  work  and  hard  life 
of  a  phj'sician,  so  he  quit  it  and  took 
up  the  law,  and  after  graduating  at 
Ann  Arbor  located  in  Detroit,  remain- 
ing about  a  year,  and  then  he  returned 
to  Jacksonville,  where  he  has  been  ever 
since.  He  gives  a  great  deal  of  atten- 


tion to  600  acres  of  land  owned  by  his 
wife  and  himself.  He  is  married  and 
a  member  of  the  grange  organization. 
Committees:  Judiciary,  judicial  depart- 
ment, elections,  banks  and  banking,  public 
buildings,  roads  and  bridges. 

Martin,  John  S.,  (rep.),  Bridgeport; 
teacher.     Born  Oct.  29,  1861,  on  a  Law- 


OHN   S.   MAKTIN. 


rence  county  farm,  and  educated  in 
the  common  schools.  Attended  the 
Central  Normal  College  of  Indiana, 
paying  his  tuition  by  teaching.  This 
illustrates  the  character  of  the  man, 
full  of  pluck  and  energy.  Never  held 
an  office  before  and  did  not  seek  the 
present  place  in  the  house.  Is  married. 
He  is  a  strong  advocate  of  compulsor}- 
education  and  is  decidedly  in  favor  of 
state  uniformit_v  of  text  books.  Mr. 
Martin  is  always  present  and  is  a 
useful  and  able  legislator. 

Committees:  Education,  printing,  libra- 
ries, history-geology  and  science,  fish  and 
game,  state  and  municipal  indebtedness. 

Merritt,  Edward  L.,  (dem.),  Spring- 
field; journalist.  Was  born  in  New 
York  City.  While  yet  a  child  his  parents 
moved  to  a  farm  near  Lebanon,  111. 
Schools  were  of  a  poor  quality  then, 
and  he  only  attended  one  for  twelve 
months,  being  apprenticed  in  the  print- 
ing business  at  the  age  of  11.  The 
family  removing  to  Salem,  the  father 
started  The  Advocate,  Edward  L.  go- 
ing with  him,  and  becoming  a  good 
practical  printer.  For  about  four 
years  he  was  civil  engineer  011  the  O. 
&  M.  R.  R.  In  '58  he  bought  an  inter- 
est in  The  Salem  Advocate,  and  edit- 
ed it  until  '65,  when  he  bought  an  in- 
terest in  The  Springfield  Register. 
He  was  identified  with  this  paper  for 
fifteen  years  as  editor  and  publisher, 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


and  made  a  great  reputation  for  the 
paper  and  himself  throughout  the 
union.  He  was  a  member  of  the  state 
committee  for  twelve  years  at  this 
time,  and  was  secretary  for  several 
campaigns.  In  '74  and  '76  he  was  prac- 
tically the  manager  of  the  democratic 
campaign.  He  has  always  been  in  ad- 
vance of  his  party  on  the  tariff,  being 
practically  a  free  trader,  taking-  that 
position  in  the  state  convention  of  '71, 
and  succeeding  after  a  hard  fight  in 
having  a  plank  adopted  that  was  clear 
and  emphatic.  In  '66  President  John- 
son appointed  him  pension  agent  at 
Springfield,  but  the  senate  rejected 
him  on  account  of  his  political  views; 
he  was  reappointed  twice  and  rejected 
each  time.  He  was  elected  to  the 
house  in  '90  and  again  in  '92,  and  was 
a  leader  and  on  the  steering  committee 


EDWARD  L.    MEKEITT. 

in  each.  His  family  is  one  of  the  most 
prominent  in  the  state  in  politics,  jour- 
nalism and  war.  Is  married. 

Committees:  Insurance  (chairman),  edu- 
cation, appropriations,  military,  world's 
fair,  agriculture,  sen  itorial  apportionment, 
penal  and  reformatory,  steering  committee. 

May,  Stephen  D.,  (dem.),  Chicago; 
lawyer.  Born  in  Belvidere,  111.,  June 
3,  1861,  and  educated  at  Illinois  Col- 
lege, Jacksonville,  and  Ann  Arbor, 
graduating  from  the  latter  in  '84.  He 
was  admitted  to  practice  in  '86  and  has 
attained  a  commanding  position  at  the 
Chicago  bar.  He  is  not  married.  He 
-was  elected  to  the  house  in  '90  from  a 
strong  republican  district  and  was  re- 
turned last  fall.  Mr.  May  was  one  of 
Gov.  Palmer's  staunchest  friends 
during  the  memorable  senatorial  con- 
test of  '91,  and  in  the  same  session  in- 
troduced and  championed  with  energy 


a  bill  giving  the  laboring  people  a 
Saturday  half-holiday,  which  failed  of 
passage  through  no  fault  of  Mr.  May. 
He  is  very  active  in  important  legisla- 
tion and  closely  watches  measures  per- 


TEPUEN  D.    MAT. 


taining    to    the    interests    of    his  con- 
stituents. 

Committees:  License  (chairman),  judi- 
ciary, judicial  department,  finance,  building 
and  loan  associations,  iiisuiaiice,  contingent 
expenses,  congressional  apportionment. 

Meyer,  Charles  F.,  (rep.),  Kirkland; 
farmer.  Born  in  Hanover,  Germany, 
Jan.  1,  1843,  and  in  '60  emigrated  to 
the  New  World,  coming  direct  to  the 
garden  spot,  northern  Illinois.  En- 
listed in  Co.  A,  153d  111.  Inf.  He 


CHARLES  F.   MEYE 


taught  school  at  various  points  in 
northern  Illinois  for  several  years,  and 
in  '67  commenced  farming,  is  at  it  yet 
and  has  made  it  pay,  for  he  owns  345 


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LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


acres  of  splendid  land  in  DeKalb 
county.  Is  married  and  has  held 
several  town  and  school  offices.  Mr. 
Meyer  is  a  quiet  member,  but  posts 
himself  on  every  measure  that  conies 
up  and  votes  intelligently. 

Committees:  Revenue,  public  charities, 
mines  and  mining,  congressional  apportion- 
ment. 

Meyer,  Ernst,  (dem.),  Deer  Plain, 
Calhoun  Co.;  farmer.  Born  Nov.  26, 
1831,  in  Prussia,  and  received  his  edu- 
cation at  the  Berlin  High  School.  He 
came  to  the  United  States  in  '60  and 
worked  as  a  laborer  on  the  Delaware 
&  L,ackawanna  railroad;  also  on  a 
farm.  In  June,  '62,  he  enlisted  in  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac,  and  served 
until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  partici- 
pated in  the  battles  of  the  Wilderness, 
Spottsylvania,  Cold  Harbor  and  Pe- 
tersburg. Was  wounded  at  Ream's 
Station,  Va.,  and  limps  in  conse- 


ERNST  MEYEK. 

quence.  He  never  applied  for  a  pen- 
sion. He  moved  to  Calhoun  Co.,  111., 
in  July,  '65,  and  engaged  in  farming. 
He  was  county  commissioner  four 
years,  and  as  a  school  director  had  his 
district  adopt  the  system  of  providing 
the  school  children  with  necessary 
text  books  free.  As  a  member  of  the 
house  in  '91  he  helped  elect  Senator 
Palmer,  and  on  no  roll  call  was  he 
"absent  or  not  voting."  In  May,  '76, 
he  married  Miss  Amelia  Dinkier,  has 
three  sons  and  lives  on  his  extensive 
farm  of  2,800  acres  at  Deer  Plain. 

Committees:  Soldiers'  home  (chairman), 
canal -river  improvement  and  commerce, 
education,  military,  drainage,  fish  and 
game,  l-orticulture. 

Miller,  Joseph  E.,  (dem.),  Belleville; 
farmer  and  stock  raiser,  was  born  in 
St.  Clair  county  June  8,  1842.  He  was 


educated  in  the  common  schools  and  at 
the  Christian  Brothers  University,  St. 
L,ouis,  graduating  in  '59.  He  has  al- 
ways been  a  farmer,  is  married  and 
owns  250  acres  of  splendid  land.  He 


JOSEPH  E.    MILLER. 

was  a  member  of  the  county  board  for 
two  terms  and  has  held  various  minor 
offices.  He  inaugurated  his  work  in 
the  house  by  defeating  the  aim  of  a 
number  of  the  older  members,  who 
sought  to  kill  the  dairy  commissioner 
bill,  which  is  in  the  interest  of  the 
farmer  and  dairyman.  He  is  particu- 
larly strong  in  committee  work. 

Committees:  Fees  and  salaries,  livestock 
and  dairying,  drainage,  fish  and  game,  sol- 
diers' home,  world's  fair,  horticulture. 


JOHN    MEYER. 


fleyer,  John,  (rep.),  Chicago;  law- 
yer. Born  in  the  Kingdom  of  Hol- 
land Feb.  27,  1852,  emigrated  to  Chi- 
cago in  '67  and  has  lived  there  ever 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


since.  Received  his  education  at  the 
Northwestern  University  and  the 
Union  College  of  Law,  graduating  in 
'79  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  the  same 
year,  and  has  had  a  very  successful 
practice  every  since,  almost  exclus- 
ively in  civil  cases.  Is  married  and 
was  elected  to  the  house  in  '86,  '88,  '92. 
He  is  one  of  the  republican  leaders  in 
the  present  house;  is  a  quick,  forcible 
speaker  and  a  splendid  parliamen- 
tarian. In  the  session  of '89  he  handled 
the  measure  creating-  the  Chicago 
Sanitary  District  for  drainage  pur- 
poses, and  to  his  skillful  generalship 
is  attributed  to  a  great  extent  the  suc- 
cess of  the  measure. 

Committees:  Judiciary,  corporations,  in- 
surance, elections,  senatorial  apportion- 
ment, steering  committee. 

Mitchell,  Benjamin  Marion,  (dem.), 
Chicago;  printer  and  publisher.  Born 
in  Quincy  Jan.  30,  1869.  When  he  was 
seven  months  old  his  parents  moved  to 
Chicago,  and  he  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  that  city,  graduating 
from  the  Brown  school  on  the  West 
Side.  Is  a  member  of  the  Cook 
County  Democratic,  the  Chicago 
Bachelors  and  County  Democracy 
Marching  clubs.  He  has  worked  for 
the  Western  Union,  for  Marshall 
Field,  Schlesinger  &  Mayer  and  Pard- 
ridge;  was  chief  bundle  wrapper  in 
Coutant  &  Co.'s,  filled  the  same  posi- 
tion and  was  promoted  timekeeper  in 


BENJAMIN  M.   MITCHELL. 

the  Bee-Hive.  Then  he  was  general 
city  agent  for  the  Cable  Cigar  Co. 
He  was  elected  at  19  secretary  of  the 
regular  Thirteenth  Ward  Democratic 
Club,  which  he  held  until  '90,  when  he 
was  made  president  of  the  club,  and 
has  taken  an  active  part  in  all  cam- 


paigns. Is  not  married.  Lives  at  7S 
Columbia  place,  near  Garfield  Park, 
and  is  a  good  speaker. 

Committees:  Municipal  corporations, 
revenue,  warehouses,  fees  and  salaries,, 
building  and  loan  associations,  military, 
miscellaneous,  printing. 

Moore,  William  A.,  (dem.),  Morton; 
farmer.  Born  in  Todd  Co.,  Ky.,  Nov. 


WILLIAM  A.   MOORE. 

1,  1839,  and  when  but  seven  years  old 
his  parents  moved  to  Illinois  and  set- 
tled in  Woodford  county,  near  the 
present  site  of  Eureka.  There  he  spent 
his  youth  and  obtained  an  education, 
the  opportunities  for  which  in  that 
early  day  were  exceedingly  limited^ 
However,  pluck  and  energy  with  suffi- 
cient ambition  to  attract  spurred  him 
on,  and  by  hard  knocks  he  learned  the 
common  school  branches.  He  worked 
in  daylight  and  studied  by  the  light  of 
a  tallow  dip.  At  the  age  of  19  he  ob- 
tained a  certificate  to  teach.  In  '62  he 
married,  and  in  '63  moved  to  Morton 
township,  where  he  now  resides  on  his 
farm  ;  he  owns  400  acres  of  as  good' 
land  as  the  sun  ever  shone  upon.  He 
has  always  been  a  stalwart  democrat, 
and  has  been  honored  with  many  minor 
offices,  and  was  a  member  of  the  house 
in  '77,  declining  a  unanimous  renomi- 
nation  in  '78  on  account  of  sickness  in 
his  family.  He  is  one  of  the  best  rep- 
resentatives of  the  agricultural  class 
in  the  general  assembly  and  his  former 
experience  has  been  of  value  to  him 
this  session.  The  interests  of  the  ag- 
riculturist are  carefully  guarded  by 
him.  Mr.  Moore  is  always  in  his  seat 
during  sessions. 

Committees  :  Horticulture  (chairman),, 
canal-river  improvement  and  commerce, 
penal  and  reformatory,  state  institutions,, 
revenue,  federal  relations,  claims,  drainage. 


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LEGISLATIVE    SOUVENIR . 


Morris,  Freeman  P.,  (dem.),  Wat- 
seka;  lawyer.  Born  in  Cook  county, 
March  19,  1854,  and  when  20  years  old 
moved  to  Watseka.  He  received  his 
education  in  Chicago  and  his  legal 
education  at  the  Union  Law  College; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  '74.  Is 
married,  and  owns  a  handsome  home 
with  splendid  appointments  in  Wat- 
seka besides  other  valuable  real  estate. 
April  21,  '93,  Gov.  Altgeld  appointed 
Mr.  Morris  on  his  staff  with  the  rank 
of  colonel.  He  has  held  various  local 
offices  and  was  elected  to  the  house  in 
'84,  '88  and  '92,  and  has  had  a  great 
deal  to  do  in  moulding  legislation  at 
every  session.  He  is  one  of  the  best 
lawyers  in  this  session,  so  prolific  in 
great  legal  minds,  and  possesses  an 
easy,  graceful  delivery  in  speaking  that 
is  pleasing  and  effective.  Is  chairman 


FREE.    P.    WORKI8. 


of  the  caucus,  is  one  of  the  democratic 
leaders  and  is  on  the  steering  com- 
mittee. 

Committees:  Judiciary  (chairman),  judi- 
•cial  department,  municipal  corporations, 
insurance,  license,  world's  fair,  federal  re- 
lations, rules,  joint  rules,  enrolled  and  en- 
grossed bills,  steering  committee. 

flounts,  William  L.,  (dem.),  Carlin- 
ville;  lawyer  and  banker,  was  born  in 
Carlinville  Aug.  31,  1862,  and  educated 
at  Blackburn  University,  graduating 
in  the  scientific  course.  Is  married  and 
owns  and  controls  2,000  acres  of  farm 
and  coal  land.  He  has  held  the  offi- 
ces of  city  treasurer,  city  attorney 
and  is  the  present  mayor  of  Carlin- 
ville. He  was  secretary  of  the  dem- 
ocratic committee  of  Macoupin  county 
for  eight  years,  and  stands  high  in 
the  estimation  of  his  constituents. 
He  believes  that  pledges  are  not  made 
by  politicians  and  parties  to  be 


broken,  and  insisted  on  the  house  or- 
dering an  investigation  of  the  state 
auditor's  and  state  treasurer's  offices, 
carrying  the  point  against  very  influ- 
ential members — republican  and  dem- 


W  II.  LI  AM    L.    MOUNTS. 


ocratic.    He  believes  all  interest  should 
be  covered  into  the  treasury. 

Committees:  State  and  municipal  indebt- 
edness (chairman),  municipal  corporations, 
judiciary,  insurance,  state  institutions,  fees 
and  salaries,  military,  federal  relations. 

Muir,  Robert  H.,  (rep.),  Clyde,  Cook 
Co.;  clerk.  Born  in  Glasgow,  Scot- 
land, April  17,  1848,  and  emigrated 
with  his  parents  to  America  in  '50, 
stopping  first  at  Syracuse;  then  in 
tnrn  his  father  moved  to  Quebec, 
Stratford  and  Naponee,  Canada, 


KOBEKT   H.    ML' IK. 


finally  settling  in  Chicago  in  '66.  He 
received  a  good  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools  and  at  Naponee  Univer- 
sity, graduating  in  '65;  he  also  grad- 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


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uated  from  the  Union  Colleg-e  of  Law, 
Chicago,  in  '79,  and  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  '81.  He  did  not  practice 
long-,  however.  He  has  been  trustee  of 
the  town  of  Cicero,  president  of  the 
school  board  and  school  trustee,  and 
has  been  a  deputy  clerk  in  the  Cook 
county  circuit  clerk's  office  fourteen 
years,  a  place  which  he  now  fills  to 
the  satisfaction  of  those  with  whom 
he  comes  in  contact.  He  is  a  careful 
and  painstaking-  legislator,  and  exam- 
ines all  measures  that  come  up.  Is 
married. 

Committees:  Senatorial  apportionment, 
license,  warehouses,  lahor  and  industrial 
affairs,  agriculture,  judicial  department. 

flulligan,  Joseph  H.,  (dem.),  Kewa- 
nee;  railroad  agent.  Born  in  Ken- 
tucky Sept.  12,  1855,  and  a  year  later 
his  parents  moved  to  Young-  America, 
afterwards  Kirkwood,  111.,  where  he 
received  what  education  he  has  in  the 
public  schools.  Is  married  and  began 
life  as  a  farm  hand,  quitting  this  to 
work  as  laborer  on  the  present  Rock 
Island  branch  of  the  Burlington  road  ; 
then  he  worked  on  a  section  for  sever- 
al years,  and  got  a  job  switching  in  the 
Biggsville  yards  in  '73.  Here  he  picked 
up  telegraphy  and  was  made  night  op- 
erator at  Biggsville  in  '76;  promoted  to 
be  agent  four  years  later,  transferred 
to  Kirkwood,  and  finally  settled  in  the 
Kewanee  office  of  the  Burlington  in 
'85.  It  is  one  of  the  most  important 


JOSEPH   H.    MULLIC 


offices  on  the  road  in  Illinois,  standing 
about  sixth  in  volume  of  business  done. 
He  strongly  advocates  a  uniform  text 
book  bill,  is  always  present  and  votes 
intelligently  on  all  measures. 

Committees:     Retrenchment   (chairman), 
corporations,  building  and  loan  associations, 


labor  and  industrial  affairs,  mines  and  min- 
ing, world's  fair. 

Murdoch,  Frank,  (rep.),  Oneida;: 
banker.  Born  in  Ayrshire,  Scotland,. 
Sept.  2,  1843,  and  came  to  America  in 
'52  with  his  parents,  stopping  first  in 
Trumbull  Co.,  O.  Moved  to  Knox  Co., 
111.,  in  '57,  and  settled  on  a  farm  near 


FKANK  MURDOCH. 

Oneida.  He  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools  and  farmed  until  '73, 
when  he  went  into  the  banking  busi- 
ness and  has  been  in  it  ever  since. 
The  Exchange  Bank  of  Oneida  is 
owned  by  Anderson  &  Murdoch.  He 
is  highly  regarded  by  his  neighbors, 
for  they  elected  him  alderman  for 
eight  years  and  mayor  for  four  years, 
and  he  has  been  a  member  of  the 
school  board  for  six  or  seven  years; 
was  chairman  of  the  republican 
county  committee  for  two  years.  Is 
married.  He  is  a  32d  degree  Mason; 
been  master  of  his  lodge  for  eight  or 
ten  years;  High  Priest  of  the  chapter; 
Past  Commander  of  Galesburg  Com- 
mandery  No.  8,  K.  T.,  and  a  Past 
Grand  in  the  Odd  Fellows. 

Committees:  Banksand  banking,  finance, 
insurance,  live  stock  and  dairying,  military 
affairs. 

Murphy,  Joseph  L.,  (dem.),  Pinck- 
neyville;  grain  dealer.  Born  on  a 
Perry  county  farm,  Dec.  31,  1840,  and 
educated  in  the  public  schools.  Is 
married  and  owns  about  600  acres  of 
land.  He  began  life  in  the  mercantile 
business,  and  afterwards  dealt  in  lum- 
ber and  grain.  He  finally  dropped 
the  lumber  business  and  added  real 
estate  and  has  been  very  successful  in 
it  as  well  as  in  his  grain  business.  He 
has  been  mayor  of  Pinckneyville  for 
the  past  fifteen  or  sixteen  years  and  is. 


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mayor  at  this  time.  In  September, 
'62,  he  enlisted  in  Co.  D,  110th  111.  Inf., 
and  most  of  his  fighting-  was  done  in 
Palmer's  Fourteenth  Corps.  He  was 
in  the  campaign  before  Atlanta  and 


JOSEPH  L.    MURPHY. 

the  march  to  the  sea  of  Sherman's  le- 
g-ions. He  went  in  as  a  private  and 
came  out  a  captain,  being  promoted 
for  gallant  conduct.  He  has  no  pet 
schemes  to  foster,  but  is  anxious  to  do 
his  share  towards  the  general  good  of 
the  people.  Mr.  Murphy  is  one  of  the 
most  reliable  representatives. 

Committees:  Federal  relations  (chair- 
man), revenue,  railroads,  penal  and  re- 
formatory, public  charities,  state  and  muni- 
cipal indebtedness,  senatorial  apportion- 
ment. 


GKOKGE  MUKKAY. 


Murray,  George,  (rep.),  Elmira, 
Stark  Co.;  farmer.  Born  in  Rexbury- 
shire,  Scotland,  May  1, 1840,  and  moved 
to  America  with  his  parents  in  '53, 


coming  direct  to  Stark  county,  and 
has  been  there  ever  since.  He  received 
a  common  school  education  and  is  mar- 
ried. He  began  farm  work  when  14 
years  old  and  has  been  on  a  farm  ever 
since,  and  owns  over  800  acres  of  Stark 
county  land.  He  has  held  several 
township  and  school  offices,  and  is  a 
typical  farmer.  He  is  willing  that  the 
democrats  shall  have  free  swing  to  in- 
stitute the  "reforms"  they  have  in- 
sisted were  necessary.  Mr.  Murray  is 
always  in  his  seat  and  informs  himself 
as  to  the  merits  of  all  bills. 

Committees:  Canal -river  improvement 
and  commerce,  labor  and  industrial  affairs, 
drainage,  horticulture. 

Myers,  William  H.,  (dem.),  Terre 
Haute,  Henderson  Co.;  blacksmith- 
farmer.  Born  in  Jennings  Co.,  Ind., 
Feb.  28,  1849.  The  family  moved  first 
to  Lewis  Co.,  Mo.,  thence  to  Terre 
Haute,  111.  At  the  age  of  7  }rears  he 
met  with  an  accident  that  crippled 


WILLIAM  H.   MYEKS. 

him  for  life,  but  with  indomitable 
energy  and  a  pluck  that  has  been 
a  characteristic  of  his  life,  he  pro- 
ceeded to  carve  out  a  future.  He  was 
educated  in  the  common  schools  and  is 
in  independent  circumstances.  He 
was  elected  to  the  house  in  '90  and  re- 
elected  in  '92,  running  ahead  of  his 
ticket  each  time,  and  no  man  in  Hen- 
derson county  is  more  popular.  He  is 
a  good  servant  of  the  people  and  his 
two  terms  in  the  house  have  demon- 
strated the  fact  that  no  mistake  was 
made  in  his  election. 
Committees:  Agriculture  (chairman), 


corporations,  live  stock  and  dairying,  labor 
and  industrial,  drainage,  contingent  ex- 
penses, farm  drainage,  congressional  appor- 


LEGISLATIVE  SOUVENIR. 


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*Noling,  Lars  M.,  (rep.),  Rockford; 
real  estate.  Born  in  Sweden  May  4, 
1843,  and  emigrated  to  Rockford  in  '64. 
Common  school  education.  Married. 

Committees:  History,  manufactures, 
federal  relations,  horticulture. 

Nohe,  Augustus  W.,  (rep.),  Chicago; 
broker.  Born  in  Baden,  Germany, 
Nov.  27,  1846,  and  came  to  this  country 
in  '51.  He  settled  In  Freeport,  where 
he  remained  until  '75,  when  he  moved 
to  Chicago.  He  received  a  common 
school  education  and  is  married.  He 
was  elected  to  the  house  in  '90  and  re- 
turned in  '92  by  an  increased  majority. 
He  has  represented  his  ward  in  the 
Chicago  city  council.  During  the  war 
he  was  connected  with  the  military 
telegraph  and  did  valuable  service  for 
the  union  armies.  He  was  with  Gen. 


AUGUSTUS  W.    NOHE. 

Schofield  for  a  time  and  joined  Sher- 
man at  Goldsboro,  N.  C.,  finishing  his 
field  service  at  Raleigh.  The  govern- 
ment required  his  aid  after  the  war, 
however,  and  he  was  sent  to  Nash- 
ville, Tenn.,  where  he  remained  on 
•duty  for  Uncle  Sam  until  '67,  when  he 
was  mustered  out  of  the  volunteer  ser- 
vice, being  probably  the  last  war  tel- 
egrapher to  retire.  Then  he  engaged 
in  the  same  profession  in  Chicago,  and 
is  now  in  the  brokerage  business.  He 
is  one  of  the  most  forcible  and  aggres- 
sive members  of  the  house,  and  is  en- 
deavoring to  pass  his  bill  removing  the 
&5,000  limit  for  damages  for  death  by 
railroad  accidents.  He  also  strongly 
favors  municipal  control  of  gas  and 
electric  lighting  plants,  and  has  a  bill 
before  the  house  that  will  accomplish 
that  object. 

Committees:  Corporations,  municipal  cor- 
porations, banks  and  banking,  building  and 
loan  associations,  congressional  ap-i^rtion. 


O'Connell,    Edmund,  (rep.),   Bloom- 
ington;    lawyer.       Born    in    Franklin 

Co.,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  20,  1848.  Educated  in 
the  district  schools  and  at  Franklin 
Academy,  Malone,  N.  Y.,  and  coming 


EDMUND   O'CONNELL. 

to  Illinois  in  '71  he  taught  school  and 
studied  law  until  '74,  when  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar.  He  began  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  in  Bloomington, 
where  he  settled  in  '73,  and  is  regarded 
as  one  of  the  best  lawyers  in  Central 
Illinois,  being  particularly  strong  as  a 
jury  pleader.  He  is  a  leader  in  the 
present  house,  as  he  was  in  the  last 
general  assembly;  is  strong  in  debate, 
an  eloquent,  forcible  speaker;  married. 
Committees:  Corporations,  education, 
building  and  homestead  associations,  elec- 
tions, license,  steering  committee. 


EDWARD  J.   NOVAK. 


Novak,  Edward  J.,  (dem.),  Chicago; 
real  estate.  Born  in  Chicago  Nov.  2, 
1869,  and  with  probably  one  exception 


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is  the  youngest  member  of  the  general 
assembly.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  at  the  Metropole 
Business  College,  graduating  from  the 
latter.  He  entered  the  office  of  the 
county  treasurer  of  Cook  county  when 
George  R.  Davis  was  treasurer  and  has 
been  there  ever  since,  the  office  now 
being  in  charge  of  Charles  Kern.  He 
is  an  energetic  worker  in  Cook  county 
politics.  This  is  the  first  office  to 
which  he  has  been  elected,  but  if  he 
keeps  up  the  record  he  has  made  thus 
far  it  will  not  be  his  last.  Is  not 
married.  Is  interested  in  measures 
that  will  benefit  the  laboring  people. 

Committees:  Manufactures  (chairman), 
appropriations,  insurance,  sanitary  affairs, 
world's  fair,  libraries,  history-geology  and 
science. 

O'Connor,  James,  (dem.),  Chicago; 
professor  of  music,  was  born  in  Lib- 
ertyville,  Lake  Co.,  Illinois,  Oct.  2, 
1848,  and  was  educated  at  the  district 
schools.  When  19  years  old  he  went 
to  Chicago  and  learned  the  trade  of 
mechanical  engineer.  Afterwards  he 
moved  to  Louisiana  and  worked  at  his 
trade  there.  In  '73  Gov.  Win.  Pitt 
Kellogg  appointed  him  justice  of  the 
peace  for  St.  Bernard's  Parish,  a  sub- 
urb of  New  Orleans.  In  '74  while 
hunting  he  lost  his  sight  by  an  unfor- 
tunate accident  and  has  been  totally 
blind  ever  since.  Terrible  as  is  such 
an  affliction  he  did  not  lose  courage, 


JAMES   O'CONNOR. 

but  battled  against  the  world  with 
more  persistency  than  ever.  He  re- 
turned to  Chicago  and  took  up  the  pro- 
fession of  music,  which  he  has  followed 
ever  since.  Through  his  talents  and 
intelligence  there  has  been  opened  up 
to  the  blind  an  entirely  new  field.  He 


is  the  only  blind  man  in  the  world  that 
has  successfully  lead  an  orchestra  and 
done  his  own  prompting.  His  especial 
mission  here  is  to  have  the  legislature 
reappropriate  the  $100,000  he  succeeded 
in  getting  from  the  legislature  of  '87 
to  establish  in  Chicago  an  Industrial 
Home  for  the  Blind.  This  bill  he  got 


JOSKl'H  A.    O'DOSNKLL. 

through  the  session  of  '87,  of  which  he 
was  a  member,  but  Gov.  Oglesby  failed 
to  appoint  a  board  of  trustees  and  the 
money  lapsed  into  the  treasury.  He 
is  a  man  of  talent  and  ability  outside 
his  profession,  and  takes  an  active 
part  in  all  legislation.  He  succeeded 
in  securing  from  the  city  council  of 
Chicago  last  year  an  appropriation  of 
$50,000  to  establish  a  Mental  and 
Manual  Training  School  for  the  blind. 
He  is  married. 

Committees:  Public  charities,  appropria- 
tions, corporations,  license,  manufactures, 
history-geology  and  science. 

O'Donnell,  Joseph  A.,  (dem.),  Chi- 
cago; lawyer.  Born  inBallina,  County 
Mayo,  Ireland,  Dec.  23,  1860.  Educated 
in  the  public  schools  and  began  the 
battle  of  life  on  his  own  account  when 
11  years  old  as  an  employe  in  a  machine 
shop,  and  was  promoted  to  a  foreman- 
ship  when  20  years  old.  Meantime  he 
studied  law,  perfected  himself  in  his 
studies,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  '87 
and  began  practice  in  Chicago,  where 
he  has  been  very  successful.  He  was 
elected  to  the  house  in  '88,  '90,  '92,  and 
is  one  of  the  most  eloquent  defenders 
of  the  rights  of  the  common  people  in 
the  general  assembly.  Is  married. 

Committees:  Elections  (chairman),  judi- 
ciary, corporations,  congressional  appor- 
tionment, steering  committee,  loan  and 
homestead  assoc-iations,  and  others. 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


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P»O'Loughlin,  flichael,  (dem.),  Seneca; 
farmer.  Born  in  County  Clare,  Ire- 
land, Nov.  18,  1845.  Emigrated  to 
Wisconsin  with  his  parents  in  '49,  and 
to  LaSalle  Co.,  111.,  in  '66.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Wis- 
consin and  taug-ht  district  school  in 
Illinois  for  five  years.  Is  married  and 
owns  640  acres  of  land.  He  was  a  su- 
pervisor for  twelve  years  and  school 
treasurer  for  his  township  for  ten  years. 
He  is  one  of  the  quiet,  substantial  men 
of  the  house,  and  closely  watches  leg- 
islation, particularly  that  which  per- 
tains to  agriculture  and  the  Illinois 
river  valley.  He  was  one  of  the  most 
reliable  members  of  the  last  house,  as 
he  is  of  the  present.  As  one  of  the 
"101"  who  elected  Palmer  senator,  Mr. 
O'Loughlin  never  faltered. 

Committees:      Canal-river      improvement 
and  commerce   (chairman),   live  stock  and 


MICHAEL  O'LOUGHLIN. 

dairying,  revenue,  railroads,  agriculture, 
county  and  township  organization,  insur- 
ance, farm  drainage. 

Paddock,  Daniel  H.,  (rep.),Kankakee; 
lawyer.  One  of  the  republican  leaders 
in  the  house,  was  born  in  Lockport,  111., 
April  5,  1852;  is  a  son  of  Col.  John  W. 
Paddock,  and  of  ancestry  on  both  sides 
that  runs  back  to  the  Plymouth  colony. 
Educated  in  Illinois'  public  schools 
and  at  the  Albany  Law  School,  grad- 
uating in  '74,  and  admitted  to  the  bar 
the  same  year  in  Illinois.  His  home 
has  been  in  Kankakee  since  Nov.  6, 
'53,  where  his  father  was  a  practicing 
lawyer.  Mr.  Paddock  is  prominent  in 
republican  politics  in  the  state,  and  a 
man  of  influence  and  high  standing. 
After  two  terms  as  states  attorney  for 
Kankakee  county,  he  was  elected  to 
the  legislature  in  '88,  and  returned  in 


'90  and  '92.  Is  one  of  the  ablest  par- 
liamentarians and  probably  the  best 
debater  on  the  republican  side.  Is 
married.  Mr.  Paddock  has  been  a 
leader  in  the  three  last  legislatures. 


DANIEL  H.    PADDOCK. 

Committees:  Judiciary,  railroads,  penal 
and  reformatory,  education,  insurance, 
rules,  steering  committee. 

Painter,  Oscar,  (rep.),  Metamora; 
stock  -raiser  and  farmer.  Born  in 
Northumberland,  Pa.,  March  10,  1846, 
and  moved  with  his  parents  to  Wood- 
ford  Co.,  111.,  in  '48,  and  has  been  there 
ever  since.  Ten  years  of  his  life  were 
spent  teaching  school,  and  the  balance 
farming  and  stock  raising.  He  was 
educated  in  the  common  schools  and  is 
not  married.  He  stands  high  where 


OSCAR  PAINTER. 

he  is  best  known,  for  in  a  race  for  the 
shrievality  once  he  ran  several  hun- 
dred ahead  of  his  ticket,  although  the 
overwhelming  democratic  majority 


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was  loo  much  to  overcome.  He  pays 
particular  attention  to  the  needs  of 
the  farmer,  and  makes  a  g-ood  repre- 
sentative. He  is  in  comfortable  cir- 
cumstances. 

Committees:  Canal-river  improvement 
and  commerce,  public  charities,  public- 
buildings,  federal  relations. 

Payne,  William,  (rep.),  Osborn;  far- 
mer. Born  in  Scott  Co.,  Iowa,  March 
4,  1841,  and  lived  on  a  farm  for  the 
first  ten  years  of  his  life  and  then 
moved  with  his  parents  to  Hampton, 
111.  Was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  at  18  taught  school,  leaving  that 
occupation  to  shoulder  a  musket  to 
battle  for  his  country,  enlisting  in  the 
13th  111.  Inf.,  the  first  3-year  regiment 
in  the  service.  For  four  j-ears  he 
escaped  the  bullets  of  the  enemy  and 
returned  to  Illinois,  spending  a  year 
in  a  commercial  college,  and  then 


WILLIAM  PAYNE. 

entered  the  county  treasurer's  office, 
Rock  Island.  From  '66  to  '70  he  was 
deputy  sheriff,  and  was  sheriff  from 
'70  to  '74,  and  in  '74  he  moved  on  a 
farm  in  Zuma  township  and  has  been 
there  ever  since,  as  farmer,  breeder 
and  shipper  of  stock.  Is  married,  and 
owns  540  acres.  Elected  to  the  house 
in  '91  to  fill  vacancy  caused  by  the  in- 
eligibility  of  W.  F.  Collins,  he  was  re- 
elected  in  '92,  having  been  re-nomi- 
nated by  acclamation.  He  is  one  of 
the  most  reliable  and  best  members. 

Committees :  Canal-river  improvement  and 
commerce,  revenue,  federal  relations,  re- 
trenchment, roads  and  bridges,  farm  drain- 
age. 

Parrott,  Walter  S.,  (dem.)  Litchfield; 
journalist.  Born  in  Raymond,  Mont- 
gomery Co.,  111.,  May  4,  1865,  and  is 
one  of  the  youngest  members  in  the 
house.  He  was  educated  at  Blackburn 


University  and  at  the  Northern  Indi- 
ana Normal  at  Valparaiso.  Is  mar- 
ried. Has  had  considerable  experi- 
ence on  the  country  press,  and  pub- 
lished a  paper  at  Raymond  for  several 


WALTER  S.    PARROTT. 

years.  He  lived  in  Raymond  for  25 
years,  and  got  every  democratic  vote 
cast  in  that  township.  Although 
young, Mr.Parrott  has  already  familar- 
ized  himself  with  the  technicalities  of 
legislative  life,  and  his  farmer  con- 
stituents have  no  cause  to  apologize 
for  his  youth,  nor  will  it  be  necessary 
to  excuse  his  votes. 

Committees:  To  visit  penal  and  reforma- 
tory institutions  (chairman ) ,  congressional 
apportionment,  senatorial  apportionment, 
building  and  loan  associations,  manufac- 
tures, roads  and  bridges,  printing. 


HEKNARI)    1'.    PRESTON. 


Preston,  Bernard  P.,  (dem.),  Little- 
ton, Schuyler  Co.;  farmer.  Born  at 
Ithica,  N.'Y.,  March  27. 1838,  and  came 
to  Illinois  with  his  parents  in  '52.  His 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


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education,  which  commenced  on  the 
site  of  Cornell  University,  was  com- 
pleted at  St.  Louis,  after  which  he 
returned  to  the  Schuyler  county  farm. 
He  has  a  large  farm,  and  raises  the 
best  breeds  of  horses  and  cattle.  Is  a 
g-ood  representative  of  the  farming 
class  in  the  legislature,  advocates 
measures  in  their  interest,  and  is 
always  in  his  seat.  Is  married.  Was 
elected  to  the  house  in  '90  and  again 
in  '92,  and  has  taken  an  active  part  in 
all  important  legislation 

Committees:  Farm  drainage  (chairman), 
pennl  and  reformatory,  state  institutions, 
revenue,  banks  and  banking,  agriculture, 
live  stock  and  dairying. 

*Ramey,  Thomas  T.,  (rep.),  Brooks; 
farmer.  Born  in  Caldwell  Co.,  Ky., 
March  6,  1823,  and  was  educated  in  dis- 
trict schools.  Is  married  and  owns 
200  acres;  was  elected  to  the  house  in 
'72,  '88  and  '92. 

Ramsey,  Charles  A.,  (rep.),  Hills- 
boro;  retired  merchant.  Was  born 
near  L/ewistown,  Pa.,  Jan.  8,  1845,  and 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools 
with  a  short  academic  course.  In  Aug., 
'62,  when  only  17  years  old,  he  left 
school  and  enlisted  in  Co.  D,  148th 
Penn.  Inf.;  was  appointed  sergeant- 
major,  and  afterwards  promoted  to 
adjutant  of  the  regiment.  After  three 
years  of  hard  service  he  was  mustered 


CHARLES  A.    RAMSEY. 

out  and  moved  to  Shelby  Co.,  111., 
where  he  remained  two  years  and  then 
moved  to  Irving,  Montgomery  county, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  drug  business 
until  '77.  Then  he  went  to  Hillsboro 
and  engaged  in  the  hardware  and  agri- 
cultural implement  lines  until  Jan., 
'92,  when  he  disposed  of  his  stock.  He 
was  made  president  of  the  Hillsboro 


National  Bank  when  it  was  organized 
in  '82  and  is  still  at  the  head  of  it.  He 
never  was  an  office-seeker,  but  was 
elected  three  times  to  the  county  board 
and  was  chairman  for  one  term.  He 
is  present  mayor  of  Hillsboro.  Is  mar- 
ried and  owns  700  acres  of  land. 

Committees:      Revenue,     contingent     ex- 
penses, mines  and  mining,  fish  and  game. 


GEORGE  REED. 

Reed,  George,  (rep.),  Belvidere;  far- 
mer. Born  in  Westfield,  Mass.,  May 
26,  1824,  and  moved  to  Illinois  in  '47, 
stopping  in  Boone  county.  Afterwards 
he  moved  to  Winnebago  county,  re- 
maining there  for  two  years  and  then 
returned  to  Boone.  He  was  educated 
in  the  common  and  district  schools  of 
his  youth,  gaining  more  by  his  own 
efforts  than  through  teachers.  He  has 
farmed  all  his  life,  and  is  a  good  ex- 
emplification of  what  can  be  accomp- 
lished by  pluck,  sagacity  and  industry, 
for  he  owns  525  acres  of  as  good  land 
as  the  sun  ever  shone  upon.  Illustrat- 
ive of  the  difficulties  under  which  he 
labored  it  may  be  said  that  he  patented 
120  acres  from  the  government  and 
had  to  borrow  the  money  to  pay  for  it, 
paying  50  per  cent,  for  the  loan.  He 
is  married  and  credits  his  wife  with 
much  of  his  success.  He  has  held 
nearly  every  township  office  and  was 
supervisor  for  twelve  years,  and  was 
chairman  of  the  board  several  times; 
has  been  on  the  county  agricultural 
board  25  years  and  president  of  it  for 
8  years  ;  was  a  member  of  the  state 
board  of  agriculture  for  two  terms  ; 
was  elected  to  the  house  in  '90  and  re- 
elected  in  '92.  He  is  interested  in  two 
creameries  that  manufacture  a  quarter 
of  a  million  pounds  of  butter  annually. 
Is  director  in  the  Peoples  bank  of 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


Belvidere.     He  is  always  in  attendance 
during  sessions.     A  good  legislator. 

Committees:  Appropriations,  roads  and 
bridges,  county  and  township  organization, 
live  stock  and  dairying,  miscellaneous  sub- 
jects. 

Rohrer,  Louis,  (dem.),  Somonauk; 
farmer.  Born  in  Alsace-Lorraine, 
France,  Jan.  6,  1837,  and  emigrated 
with  his  parents  in  '45.  coming  to  La- 
Salle  count)-.  He  was  educated  in  the 
common  schools.  Has  never  been  an 
officeholder  to  any  extent  and  never 
sought  an  office.  He  has  been  on  the 
county  board  of  La  Salle  county-  and 
was  elected  to  the  house  in  '90  and  re- 
turned in  '92.  Is  married  and  owns 
over  800  acres  of  fine  land.  He  is 
anxious  to  see  some  of  the  reforms 
promised  by  the  democratic  state  con- 
vention carried  out,  and  especially  is 
he  in  favor  of  the  enactment  of  a 
uniform  text-book  law. 


LOUIS  KOHKBR. 

Committees:  Drainage  (chairman),  canal- 
river  improvement  and  commerce,  fish  and 
game,  live  stock  and  dairying,  warehouses, 
agriculture. 

Rottger,  Frederick  W.,  (dem.),  Mt. 
Sterling  ;  lumber  and  grain  merchant. 
Born  near  Menden,  Prussia,  Aug.  8, 
1844,  and  emigrated  with  his  father  in 
'50,  coming  via  New  Orleans.  They 
took  a  boat  up  the  Mississippi  and  Illi- 
nois rivers  to  Naples,  thence  by  the 
old  Naples  &  Jacksonville  strap  rail- 
road to  Jacksonville.  After  remaining 
in  Jacksonville  two  years  he  was 
bound  out  to  E.  S.  Hinrichsen,  who 
owned  a  farm  seven  miles  east  of 
town.  Mr.  Hinrichsen  afterwards 
moved  to  Alexander  and  was  made 
agent  of  the  Great  Western  railroad, 
now  the  Wabash,  and  Fred,  was  office 
boy.  He  was  finally  promoted  to  take 


complete  charge  of  the  station,  and  in 
'65  was  sent  to  Mt.  Sterling  to  take 
charge  of  that  office.  He  has  held  it 
ever  since.  He  gradually  became  in- 
volved in  farming  and  added  lumber 


FREDERICK  W.    ROTTGER. 

and  grain  buying  and  horse  buying 
and  selling.  He  was  successful  at 
everything  he  touched,  and  is  now  well 
off.  He  is  married  and  owns  945  acres 
of  land.  Never  an  office  seeker  he  has 
been  mayor  of  Mt.  Sterling  and  on  the 
county  board.  He  educated  himself. 

Committees:  Appropriations,  fees  and 
salaries,  roads  and  bridges,  county  and 
township  organization,  claims,  charitable 
institutions. 

Seawell,  Charles  W.,  (dem.),  Green- 
ville; mercantile  business.  Born  on  a 


farm  in  Washington  Co.,  111.,  Oct.  19, 
1853,  and  received  his  education  in  the 
district  schools.  He  was  raised  on  a 
farm  and  his  early  manhood  was  spent 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


85 


in  the  hard  work  of  a  farmer.  After- 
wards he  went  into  the  mercantile 
business,  wholesale  and  retail,  at 
which  he  was  very  successful.  He  is 
one  of  the  hardest  workers  and 
shrewdest  politicians  in  Illinois,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  house  in  '87. 
During  that  session,  as  well  as  the 
present  one,  he  took  an  active  part  in 
all  legislation,  and  was  on  some  of  the 
most  important  committees.  Is  mar- 
ried. He  is  strong  in  his  political 
views,  and  has  always  been  a  democrat. 
Committees:  State  institutions  (chair- 
man), senatorial  apportionment,  corpora- 
tions, mines  and  mining,  warehouses,  mili- 
tary, contingent  expenses. 

Smith,  James  A.,  (dem.),  Chats- 
worth  ;  editor.  Born  in  Vermilion,  O., 
Aug.  6,  1845,  and  came  to  Illinois  with 
his  father  a  year  later.  He  owns  The 
Chatsworth  Plaindealer,  one  of  the 
best  country  newspapers  in  northern 
Illinois.  Mr.  Smith  received  a  good 


JAMES   A.    SMIT 


common  school  education.  Was  elec- 
ted to  the  house  in  '88  and  '90.  In  both 
sessions  his  ability  as  a  leader  was 
recognized  and  his  advice  sought.  He 
works  quietly  but  effectively.  Is  a 
strong  party  man  and  believes  in 
strong  party  organization.  Was  mar- 
ried, but  lost  his  wife  two  years  ago. 

Committees:  Congressional  apportionment 
(chairman),  education,  public  charities, 
banks  and  banking,  county  and  township 
organization,  insurance,  contingent  expen- 
ses, enrolled  and  engrossed  bills,  license, 
steering  committee. 

Smith,  Washington  S.,  (dem.),  Mt. 
Zion;  farmer.  Born  in  Bath  Co.,  Ky., 
Sept.  27,  1850,  and  came  with  his  par- 
ents to  Illinois  in  '57,  settling  in 
Macon  county,  where  Mr.  Smith  has 
resided  ever  since.  He  has  filled  vari- 


ous township  offices,  and  was  supervisor 
for  six  years,  and  was  chairman  of  the 
board  for  two  years,  resigning  in  '90 
to  enter  the  house.  Is  married  and 
owns  and  operates  a  fine  farm.  He  is 


WASHINGTON 


a  strong  democrat,  and  in  advance  of 
his  party  on  economic  questions.  He 
was  elected  to  the  house  with  a  demo- 
cratic colleague  in  '90,  and  both  were 
re-elected  in  '92,  a  sufficient  evidence 
that  the  services  of  both  were  appre- 
ciated. 

Committees:  Fish  and  game  (chairman), 
mines  and  mining,  penal  and  reformatory, 
agriculture,  labor  and  industrial  affairs, 
farm  drainage. 

Snedeker,  Orville  A.,  (rep.),  Jersey- 
ville  ;  real  estate  and  lawyer.  Born 


ORVILLE  A.    SNEDEKER. 

in  Jerseyville  June  11,  1848,  and  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  the 
county,  such  as  they  were  at  that  time 
and  at  Shurtleff  College  ;  also  a  term 


86 


LEGISLATIVE  SOUVKNIK. 


at  a  commercial  college.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  '71.  Is  married 
and  has  two  boys,  Isaac  and  Frank. 
He  owns  valuable  real  estate  and  farm- 
ing- lands.  This  is  the  first  elective 
office  ever  held  by  him.  He  has  fre- 
quently been  nominated  by  conven- 
tions but  declined  to  accept  ;  his  nomi- 
nation last  year  for  the  house  was  the 
third  time — he  declined  on  two  former 
occasions.  The  district  from  which  he 
was  elected  included  Jersey,  Green  and 
Scott  counties — the  37th. 

Committees:  Worlds  fair,  egricultnre,  fin- 
ance, printing,  public  charities  and  others 
of  less  importance. 

Snyder,  William  H.,  (dem.),  Belle- 
ville; lawyer.  Born  in  Belleville 
June  29,  1858,  and  the  third  generation 
that  has  filled  a  legislative  office  in 
Illinois,  his  grandfather,  Adam  W. 
Snyder,  being  a  member  of  the  state 
senate  in  '35,  and  his  father,  the  late 
Judge  Wm.  H.  Snyder.  being  a  member 
of  the  house  in  '51.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Belleville  and 
at  Washington  University,  St.  Louis. 
He  read  law  with  Hay  &  Knispel, 
Belleville,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
'82  and  began  practicing  his  profession 
shortly  afterwards.  He  has  been  city 
attorney  of  Belleville,  and  is  not  mar- 
ried. As  a  member  of  the  special  com- 
mittee to  investigate  the  accident  at 
Wann  he  took  an  active  and  leading 


WILLIAM  H.    SNYDER. 

part,  and  also  as  a  member  of  the  elcc" 
tions  committee. 

Committees:  Libraries  (chairman),  judi- 
ciary, judicial  department,  elections,  penal 
and  reformatory,  history,  Wann  investiga- 
tion (special). 

Sparks,  Thomas  J.,  (dem.),  Bush- 
nell ;  lawvsr.  Born  in  Clinton  Cc., 


Ind.,  Aug.  16,  1843,  and  moved  with 
his  father  to  Illinois  in  '45,  coming 
direct  to  Fulton  county.  He  spent  his 
youth  on  the  farm  and  at  20  went  to 
Lombard  University,  Galesburg,  and 
afterwards  to  Howe's  Academy-,  Mt. 
Pleasant,  Iowa,  graduating  from  the 
latter  in  '69.  He  then  taught  school 


THOMAS  J.    SPABKS. 

for  eight  years,  reading  law  in  the 
meantime.  Was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  Nebraska  in  '71,  and  after  practic- 
ing in  that  state  for  six  years  came  to 
Illinois  settling  in  Bushnell  where  he 
has  lived  ever  since,  and  has  built  up 
a  good  practice.  Is  married  and  owns 
240  acres  of  land.  His  recent  eulogy 
in  the  house,  of  Justice  Scholfield  of 
the  supreme  court,  attracted  attention 
to  his  oratorical  powers  and  his  hard 
work  in  committees  and  on  the  floor 
has  given  him  the  reputation  of  be- 
ing one  of  the  ablest  members  of  this 
general  assembh'. 

Committees:  Fees  and  salaries  (chairman), 
judiciary,  judicial  department,  railroads, 
education  ,  senatorial  apportionment,  to  visit 
penal  and  reformatory  institutions. 

Spellman,  Thomas  L.,  (rep.),  Dan- 
ville, also  office  in  Owings  Building. 
Chicago;  mine  operator.  Born  in  Lo- 
gan Co.,  O.,  Oct.  12,  1849.  Leaving 
home  at  the  age  of  18  he  learned  tele- 
graphy and  was  a  railroad  oper.itor 
for  several  years.  In  '72  he  married 
the  daughter  of  William  Tennery,  one 
of  the  oldest  and  best  known  citizens 
of  Vermillion  county.  He  settled  in 
Danville  in  '80  and  has  been  very  suc- 
cessful in  business.  He  is  a  Mason  of 
high  degree,  an  Odd-Fellow,  a  Pythian, 
a  Modern  Woodman,  a  member  of  the 
Royal  Arcanum  and  of  the  Mystic 
S.irine.  Educated  in  the  public  schools. 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


Elected  to  the  house  in  '90,  and  again 
in  '92.  Is  a  good  member,  and  al- 
though a  coal  operator,  was  willing  to 
concede  to  miners  legislation  to  which 
they  were  justly  entitled.  He  is  a 


THOMAS  L.    SPELLMAN 


staunch  republican  and  believes  in  a 
strong  party  organization  in  the  house. 
Committees:    Railroads,   penal  and  refor- 
matory, municipal  corporations,  claims. 

*Straight,  Rufus  C.,  (rep.),  Fairbury; 
farmer.  Born  on  a  farm  in  Chautau- 
qua  Co.,  N.  Y.,  June  28,  1835;  came  to 
Illinois  in  '54;  was  a  member  of  the 
school  board  for  25  years;  is  married; 
owns  1,500  acres.  Member  in  '91  also. 
Committees:  Canal-river  improvement 
and  commerce,  penal  and  reformatory,  pub- 
lic charities,  soldiers'  home,  agriculture. 


LAWKENCE  B.    STRINGER. 

Stringer,  Lawrence  B.,  (dem.),  Lin- 
coln; editor.  Born  in  South  Amboy, 
N.  J.,  Feb.  24,  1866.  He  moved  to  Illi- 
nois with  his  parents  in  '76,  and  gradu- 


ated in  '82  at  Gitting's  Seminary,  La- 
Harpe,  and  in  '84  went  to  Lincoln, 
entering  the  college  there,  graduating 
in  the  classical  course  in  '87.  Then  he 
acted  as  city  editor  of  The  Lincoln 
Times,  and'studied  law.  He  frequently 
represented  his  college  in  oratorical 
contests;  and  in  '88  stumped  the  state 
for  the  democratic  ticket,  winning  new 
laurels  as  an  orator  and  debater.  He 
was  of  republican  antecedents,  but 
joined  the  democracy  on  the  tariff 
issue  in  '88.  Was  elected  to  the  house 
in  '90  and  again  in  '92  by  an  increased 
majority.  Mr.  Stringer  was  the  young- 
est member  of  the  legislature  of  '91. 
He  takes  prominent  part  in  all  import- 
ant legislation,  is  popular  with  his  col- 
leagues, and  his  friands  predict  a  bril- 
liant future  for  him.  Is  married. 

Committees:  Education  (chairman),  mines 
and  mining,  labor  and  industrial  affairs, 
elections,  history,  printing. 


EDWARD   STUBBLEFIELD. 

Stubblefield,  Edward,  (rep.),  Mc- 
Lean ;  farmer.  Born  in  McLean  coun- 
ty Aug.  15,  1834,  and  received  a  limited 
education,  principally  by  absorption 
in  contact  with  the  world.  He  has 
farmed  all  his  life.  The  Stubblefield 
family  is  inter-married  with  the  Funks, 
another  great  McLean  county  family, 
Edward  Stubblefield's  mother  being  a 
Funk.  The  Stubblefields  came  from 
Virginia,  Edward's  father  moving 
from  Virginia  to  Ohio  and  thence  to 
Illinois  in  '24.  He  has  held  various 
township  offices,  is  married  and  owns 
over  800  acres  of  McLean  county  land, 
as  valuable  as  any  in  the  wide  world. 
Mr.  Stubblefield  has  always  been  a 
strong  republican.  He  is  regarded  as 
a  good,  substantial  farmer  legislator. 

Committees:  Agriculture,  drainage,  horti- 
culture, soldiers  home. 


r,EGISI,ATIVE  SOUVENIR. 


Taggart,  Captain  T.,  (dem.),  Cisne; 
physician,  was  born  in  Brown  Co., 
Ind.,  Dec.  28,  1846,  moved  to  Cisne  in 
'86.  He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  and  received  a  first-class  medi- 
cal education  at  the  Indianapolis  Med- 
ical College,  graduating  in  '79,  al- 
though he  took  a  first  course  of  lecture 
in  '74.  When  he  became  convinced 
that  a  real  live  war  was  upon  the 
country  he  offered  his  services,  enlist- 
ing June  '61  in  Co.  G.,  55th  Ind.  Inf., 
when  he  was  not  yet  15  years  old,  and 
remained  until  the  close  of  the  war, 
participating  in  the  battles  of  Rich- 
mond, Perryville,  Murfreesboro,  Chat- 
tanooga, Missionary  Ridge  and  the 
Georgia  campaign.  He  was  wounded 
twice — at  Richmond  in  Aug.  '62  his 
left  leg  was  broken  and  in  March  '65 
at  Kingston,  N.  C.,  he  was  shot  through 
the  left  arm.  Is  married  and  has  held 


CAPTAIN  T.   TAGGART. 

various  minor  offices.  He  is  a  strong 
advocate  of  an  economical  government. 
Committees:  Public  buildings  and  grounds 
(chairman),  state  institutions,  penal  arid  re- 
formatory,  soldiers  home,  education,  sani- 
tary affairs,  history-geology  and  science. 

Talbot,  Prescott  H.,  (rep.),  Linden- 
wood,  farmer.  Was  born  in  Killingly, 
Windham  Co.,  Conn.,  Dec.  17,  1842,  of 
parents  who  were  descendants  of  the 
Puritans.  In  '62  he  enlisted  in  Co.  G, 
74th  111.  Inf.,  and  fought  like  a  true 
patriot  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He 
was  severely  wounded  in  '63  and  had  a 
hard  fight  for  life,  but  was  assisted  by 
•a  strong  and  wirv  constitution  and  an 
indomitable  will.  When  his  country 
Tieeded  him  no  longer  he  returned  home 
and  went  to  Rockford  to  complete  his 
education,  which  had  been  interrupted 
by  the  war.  Then  he  settled  in  L,ynn- 


ville,  Ogle  Co.,  on  a  bleak  prairie, 
which  under  his  skillful  handiwork 
soon  bloomed  with  fruit  of  the  soil. 
His  energy,  perseverance  and  thrift 
have  enabled  him  to  accumulate  a  com- 


PRESCOTT  H.   TALBOT. 

pentency,  for  he  he  owns  331  acres  of 
splendid  Ogle  county  land.  Although 
not  seeking  preferment,  he  has  been 
honored  many  times  by  his  neighbors 
with  minor  offices,  and  served  for 
three  years  on  the  county  board  of 
supervisors.  He  was  elected  to  the 
house  in  '90  and  rendered  valuable 
assistance  to  the  farmers  in  legisla- 
tive matters.  Is  married.  He  is  one 
of  the  most  valuable  members. 

Committees:    Appropriations,  military  af- 
fairs, license,  soldiers  home. 


OMER  J.   TICE. 


Tice,  Homer  J.,  (rep.),  Greenview ; 
farmer.  Born  in  Menard  county,  Feb. 
5,  1862.  Educated  at  Lincoln  Univer- 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


sity,  graduating  in  the  scientific  course 
in  '82  and  also  took  a  course  in  a  busi- 
ness colleg-e  in  Blooming-ton.  Was 
married  and  made  a  tour  of  Europe  in 
'83  returning  to  his  splendid  farm  of 
500  acres  near  Greenview.  Was  nomi- 
nated for  the  house  in  '90  on  the  96th 
ballot  and  elected  the  same  year,  and 
was  returned  in  '92.  He  is  particularly 
active  in  the  interest  of  the  farmers. 
He  is  interested  in  the  improvement  of 
the  Illinois  river  and  after  a  hard  fig-ht 
gx>t  resolutions  through  the  house  with 
that  object  in  view.  Mr.  Tice  is  one 
of  the  most  reliable  and  ablest  repre- 
sentatives the  republicans  of  his  dis- 
trict ever  sent  to  Spring-field. 

Committees:  Appropriations,  penal  and 
reformatory,  agriculture,  labor  and  indus- 
trial affairs,  horticulture. 

Wallace,  William  H.,  (rep.),  Hum- 
bolt;  farmer.  Born  in  Ripley  Co., 
Ind.,  Oct.  11,  1840,  and  moved  to  Coles 
Co.,  111.,  in  '74.  Educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools  and  at  a  commercial 
college  and  graduated  in  medicine  at 
the  Ohio  Medical  College,  Cincinnati, 
in  '67.  After  practicing  his  profession 
for  nine  years  he  turned  his  attention 
to  farming,  with  flattering  results.  In 
the  fall  of  '61  he  enlisted  in  Co.  P,  37th 
Ind.  Inf.,  and  served  as  a  private,  cor- 
poral, company  clerk,  regimental 
postmaster,  assistant  division  postmas- 
ter, and  division  postmaster.  The  last 
two  years  of  his  service  were  in  Louis- 


WILLIAM  H.   AVALLACE. 

ville,  where  he  had  charge  of  the 
distribution  of  the  military  mail,  a 
responsible  and  arduous  position.  He 
is  married  and  owns  over  860  acres  of 
land.  He  was  elected  supervisor  from 
his  township  by  a  majority  of  19, 
although  the  township  is  democratic 


by  100,  evidencing  that  he  is  best  liked 
where  he  is  best  known.  He  is  a  faith- 
ful representative,  always  in  his  seat. 

Committees:  Live  stock  and  dairying, 
state  Institutions,  executive  department, 
warehouses. 

Warder,  Walter,  (rep.),  Cairo;  law- 
yer. Born  at  Maysville,  Ky.,  April  7, 


WALTER  WARDER. 

1851,  his  father  moving  to  Johnson  Co., 
111.,  next  year.  He  was  raised  on  a 
farm  and  participated  in  the  hardships, 
of  a  farmer  boy  in  the  60's.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  and  complet- 
ed his  education  at  Illinois  University, 
Champaign.  Returning  home  he 
worked  on  the  farm,  taught  school 
and  studied  law,  applying  himself  in- 
dustriously, and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  Sept.  '74,  and  immediatly  began 
practice  at  Marion.  In  '76  he  married. 
Miss  Dora  Bain,  daughter  of  John. 
Bain,  of  Vienna,  one  of  the  wealthiest 
and  most  prominent  citizens  of  South- 
ern Illinois.  In  '80  he  removed  to 
Cairo.  In  '83  he  was  appointed  states 
attorney  of  Alexander  county  to  fill  a 
vacancy;  in  '85  he  was  appointed  mas- 
ter in  chancery  and  has  held  the  office 
ever  since.  Although  of  southern, 
birth  and  democratic  antecedents  he 
has  always  been  a  republican,  and  is 
regarded  as  one  of  the  strongest  men 
in  "Egypt."  He  has  earned  the  repu- 
tation of  being  a  conscientious  and  in- 
dustrious member.  He  was  the  caucus 
nominee  for  temporary  speaker  last 
January;  served  on  the  leading  com- 
mittees of  the  session  of  '91,  including 
the  steering  committee,  and  was  re- 
elected  by  an  increased  vote  in  '92. 

Committees:  Judiciary,  mines  and  min- 
ing, banks  and  banking,  insurance,  roads 
and  bridges,  congressional  apportionment, 
steering  committee. 


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LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


*Thiemann,  William,  (rep.),  Itasca ; 
farmer.  Born  in  Hanover,  Germany, 
Feb.  11,  1849,  and  in  '57  emigrated 
with  his  parents  to  DuPag-e  county. 
He  was  elected  to  the  house  in  '90  and 
'92  ;  common  school  education.  Is 
married  and  owns  290  acres. 

Committees: 
public-    charities 
-claims. 


Corporations,      education, 
live  stock    and   dairying. 


*Warren,  James  P.,  (dem.),  Ross 
Hill,  Jasper  Co.;  farmsr,  was  born  in 
Bartholomew  Co.,  Ind.,  Sept.  25,  1842; 
in  '52  the  family  settled  in  Jasper 
county;  common  school  education;  is 
married  and  owns  420  acres.  Enlisted 
in  Co.  D,  97th  111.  Inf.,  and  served 
three  years. 

Committees:  Congressional  apportion- 
ment, farm  drainage,  public  buildings,  state 
institutions. 

Watson,  James  H.,  (dem.),  Wood- 
lawn,  Jefferson  Co.;  physician.  Born 
in  Mt.  Vernon  July  31,  1846,  and  re- 
ceived a  common  school  education. 
In  '62  enlisted  in  Co.  E,  70th  111.  Inf. 
After  his  discharg-e  he  was  in  the  U. 
S.  secret  service  under  Gen.  Palmer 
until  the  surrender  of  Lee.  Then  he 
studied  medicine  and  graduated  from 
the  College  of  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons, St.  Louis,  and  has  successfully 
practiced  his  profession  ever  since. 
He  has  been  supervisor,  trustee  of 
Woodlawn  several  times  and  for  six 
years  was  on  the  board  of  pension  ex- 


•aminers  at  Mt.  Vernon.  He  has  been 
delegate  to  conventions  without  num- 
ber and  was  chairman  of  the  senatorial 
committee  of  his  district  for  four  years. 
He  was  elected  to  the  house  in  '90  and 
and  again  in  '92,  and  in  a  quiet,  unos- 
tentatious way  acts  well  the  part  of  a 


legislator.  His  investigation  of 
abuses  in  the  Anna  insane  asylum  last 
session  created  a  sensation. 

Committees  :  1'ublic  charities  (chairman) , 
railroads,  elections,  military  affairs,  re- 
trenchment, sanitary  affairs,  senatorial  ap- 
portionment. 

Wheelock,  William  W.,  (rep.),  Chi- 
cago; lawyer.  Born  in  Felts  Mills, 


WILLIAM  W.    WHEELOCK. 

Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  24,  1864, 
and  educated  at  St.  Lawrence  Uni- 
versity, Canton,  N.  Y.,  and  at  the 
Northwestern  University  Law  School, 
Chicago.  Moved  to  Chicago  in  '86, 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  '89,  and 
was  in  Corporation  Counsel  Miller's 
office  for  a  number  of  years,  but  is 
now  practicing  alone,  and  is  very  suc- 
cessful. Is  not  married.  He  was  as- 
sistant attorney  for  the  Chicago 
Drainage  Board  up  to  Jan,  1,  '93,  when 
he  resigned  to  take  his  seat  in  the 
House.  Chicago  has  three  republican 
clubs  for  the  three  divisions  of  the 
city — the  Lincoln,  the  Hamilton  and 
the  Marquette  clubs.  He  was  the 
founder  of  the  first,  has  been  its  sec- 
retary since  it  was  organized  and  his 
shrewdness  and  ability  in  political 
matters  is  conceded.  He  is  anxious  to 
secure  an  amendment  to  the  constitu- 
tion that  will  permit  the  abolishment 
of  the  justice  courts  in  Cook  count}-, 
and  the  substitution  therefor  of  dis- 
trict courts,  and  is  heartily  backed 
by  the  Supreme  Court,  the  Chicago 
judges  and  the  Chicago  Bar  associa- 
tion, and  has  good  show  of  success. 

Committees:  Judiciary,  judicial  depart- 
ment, drainage,  state  institutions,  military 
affairs,  roads  and  bi  idges 

*  Weckler,  Frederick  S.,  (rep.),  Fay- 
etteville;  farmer.  Born  in  Peru,  Ind., 
Sept.  10,  1848,  and  moved  to  Fayette- 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


ville  in  '69;  educated  at  Notre  Dame. 
Lost  his  wife  three  years  ago,  and 
owns  420  acres.  Is  justice  of  the  peace. 

Committees:  Agriculture,  mines  and  min- 
ing, labor  and  industrial  affairs,  license. 

Whitley,  Langley  St.  A.,  (dem.), 
Springfield;  physician.  Born  in 
Springfield  July  21,  1863,  and  educated 
in  the  public  schools.  Educated  in 
the  medical  profession  at  St.  Louis, 
at  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons,  New  York,  at  the  Long 
Island  Medical  College  in  Brooklyn, 
and  began  to  practice  his  profession 
in  Springfield  in  '83,  and  was  very 
successful.  Is  married  and  is  inter- 
ested in  real  estate.  Is  very  strong 
with  labor  organizations  and  cham- 
pions their  cause  in  the  house.  He 
was  a  page  in  the  house  in  '75,  and  has 
been  chief  surgeon  of  the  Wabash 
railroad,  middle  division,  in  charge  of 


LANGLEY  ST.   A.    WHITLEY. 

their  large  hospital  in  Springfield, 
and  has  a  great  reputation  for  saving 
limbs  when  amputation  seems  almost 
a  necessity. 

Committees:    Finance     (chairman),      ap 
propriations,    flsh   and  game,  public  build- 
ings,  revenue,  railroads,   agriculture,  con- 
gressional      apportionment,        mines     and 
mining. 

Wilkening,  Conrad,  (dem.),  Crete; 
merchant.  Born  in  Crete  March  24, 
1856,  and  educated  at  parochial  and 
public  schools  and  at  Bryant  &  Strat- 
tan's  Business  College,  Chicago,  grad- 
uating when  only  17  years  of  age.  He 
has  been  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
business  for  23  years,  and  is  the  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of  C.  Wilkening  & 
Co.  They  deal  in  general  merchandise 
with  a  banking  attachment.  It  is  not 
only  the  largest  department  store  in 
Crete,  but  the  largest  in  Will  county. 


He  never  sought  office  in  his  life;  has 
been  school  treasurer  for  ten  or  twelve 
years,  and  was  nominated  for  the  house 
against  his  protest.  He  lived  in  Chi- 
cago for  a  time.  He  is  married  and  in 


CONRAD  WILKENING. 

comfortable  circumstances.  He  was 
interested  in  the  repeal  of  the  Edwards 
law  and  favors  the  enactment  of  an- 
other compulsory  law  with  the  objec- 
tionable features  removed.  He  is  quiet 
and  accommodating  and  has  made 
many  friends. 

Committees:  Education,  penal  and  re- 
formatory, banks  and  banking,  printing, 
libraries,  world'sfair. 

Wilson,  H.  Clay,  (rep.),  Springfield; 
lawyer.  Born  in  Davis  Co.,  Ky.,  July 
2,  1856,  and  on  the  outbreak  of  the 


H.    CLAY  WILSON. 

civil  war  his  father  removed  with  his 
family  to  Enterprise,,  Ind.,  in  which 
state  Mr.  Wilson  resided  until  '82, 
when  he  came  to  Sangamon  Co.,  111. 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


At  the  age  of  12  he  began  working"  on 
his  father's  farm  and  continued  at  it 
until  he  was  20,  when  he  started  to 
school  at  Danville,  Ind.,  and  grad- 
uated in  the  teacher's  and  commercial 
course.  Then  he  came  to  Sangamon 
county  and  taught  in  the  public 
schools  for  seven  years,  in  the  mean- 
time studying  law  arid  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  '88.  Was  nominated  by 
the  republicans  for  county  judge  in 
'90,  but  the  overwhelming  democratic 
majority  was  too  much  to  overcome. 
He  was  unanimously  nominated  for 
the  legislature  in  the  spring  of  '92. 
Is  married  and  has  two  interesting 
children.  He  takes  great  interest  in 
fraternal  and  beneficiary  societies, 
being-  a  Mason,  an  Odd  Fellow,  a  K. 
of  P., -an  Elk,  a  Maccabee  and  a  Mod- 
ern Woodman.  He  is  very  popular 
and  stands  well  with  his  colleagues. 

Committees:  Judicial  department,  cor- 
porations, labor  and  industrial  affairs,  build- 
Ing  and  loan  associations,  congressional  ap- 
portionment, printing,  penal  and  re- 
formatory. 

Wilson,  James  P.,  (dem.),  Woosung; 
farmer.  Born  in  Blair  Co.,  Pa.,  June 
7,  1854,  and  in  '56  moved  with  his  par- 
ents to  Dixon,  111.  After  attending 
Knox  College,  Galesburg,  he  taught 
school,  and  in  '77  moved  to  Woosung, 
the  heart  of  an  agricultural  paradise, 
where  he  has  become  a  successful 
farmer,  owning  160  acres  of  as  good 


JAMES  P.    WILSON. 

land  as  the  rain  ever  pattered  on.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Ogle  county 
board  of  supervisors  for  many  years 
and  its  chairman  for  one  year.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  House  in  '77  and 
again  in  '91.  As  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  appropriations  last  ses- 


sion he  made  a  record  that  will  serve 
as  an  example  for  future  leader.-,  in  a 
fight  for  an  economical  government. 
He  is  an  orator  of  no  mean  ability  as 
those  who  listened  to  his  speech  in 
Rochelle  in  '90  in  presenting  Gen.  Pal- 
mer with  a  cane  can  testify,  yet  he 
seldom  airs  his  eloquence  in  the  house. 


JACOB   ZIMMEKMAN. 

Committees:  Revenue  (chairman),  agri- 
culture, finance,  live  stock  and  dairying, 
elections,  contingent  expenses,  senatorial 
apportionment,  steering  committee. 

Zimmerman,  Jacob,  (dem.),  Mount 
Carmel;  farmer.  Born  on  a  farm  near 
Greensburg,  Pa.,  Sept.  27,  1831,  and 
nine  years  later  moved  with  his 
father's  family  to  Stark  Co.,  O.r 
where  they  remained  for  three  years, 
when  they  went  to  Upper  Sandusky, 
and  from  there  he  moved  to  Marshall, 
111.,  in  '52.  Here  in  connection  with 
the  late  James  C.  Robinson  he  estab- 
lished and  published  The  Eastern  Illi- 
noisan,  a  paper  of  wide  circulation 
and  influence  in  democratic  circles  in 
that  day.  It  was  here  in  '53  that  he 
introduced  the  plan  of  a  primary  elec- 
tion instead  of  delegate  conventions 
for  nominating  county  officers;  he 
was  the  pioneer  in  this  innovation 
which  was  necessar\-  in  that  early 
day  on  account  of  the  trading  and 
combinations  of  candidates.  He  ran 
The  Eastern  Illinoisan  for  four  years 
and  then  moved  to  Urbana,  where  he 
established  The  Constitution,  a  demo- 
cratic paper,  of  course,  which  he  ran 
for  four  years,  through  the  panic  of  '57; 
was  legislative  correspondent  for  The 
State  Register  in  '57.  In  '60  he  moved 
to  Mt.  Carmel  and  established  The 
Democrat,  which  ran  during  the  cam- 
paign as  a  red  hot  Douglas  champion. 
After  the  election  he  abandoned  jour- 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


nalism  for  the  farm  except  occasional 
contributions  to  the  press.  He  was  a 
successful  tobacco  farmer  for  many 
years,  but  now  farms  in  a  general  way 
including-  live  stock.  While  at  Mar- 
shall he  bought  two  printing  offices; 
one  was  used  in  establishing  The 
Eastern  Illinoisan  and  the  other  was 
taken  to  Greenup  to  start  The  Cum- 
berland County  Democrat;  it  was  the 
first  paper  that  county  had.  He  was 
educated  in  the  common  and  select 
schools,  is  married  and  owns  abut  350 
acres  of  land.  He  has  been  on  the 
county  board  and  held  minor  offices, 
and  was  elected  to  the  house  in  '78. 
He  is  anxious  to  see  this  legislature 
amend  the  revenue  law  by  changing 
the  time  for  taking  final  judgment 
against  delinquent  taxpayers  to  July, 
so  that  farmers  can  realize  on  their 
crops  before  their  taxes  are  collected. 
He  is  on  more  important  committees 
than  any  other  member. 

Committees:  County  and  township  organ- 
ization (chairman),  rules,  appropriations, 
revenue,  judicial  department,  roads  and 
bridges,  drainage,  federal  relations,  horti- 
culture. 

*  Wilke,  Fred,  (rep.)  Beecher;  farmer. 
Born  in  Westphalia,  Germany,  March 
17,  1829,  and  emigrated  to  Will  county 
in  '60.  Common  school  education;  is 
married;  elected  to  the  house  in  '88,  '90 
and  '92.  He  has  been  supervisor 
since  '71. 

Committees :  Canal  -river  improvement  and 
commerce,  penal  and  reformatory,  roads  and 
bridges,  drainage. 

*Wiwi,  Philip,  (dem.),  Montrose; 
merchant.  Born  in  Rhenish  Bavaria, 
June  10,  1833,  and  emigrated  to  Indiana 
in  '50;  moved  to  Illinois  in  '67;  educated 
in  common  schools;  elected  to  the 
house  in  '90  and  '92.  Is  married  and 
owns  1,100  acres. 

Committees:  Claims  (chairman),  public 
charities,  public  buildings,  elections,  sol- 
diers' home. 


In  the  "make-up"  it  was  necessary  to 
change  a  few  of  the  biographical 
sketches  from  their  true  alphabetical 
position.  An  effort  was  made  to  get 
every  portrait  in  its  place — in  the  biog- 
raphy, or  immediately  preceding  it. 
It  is  no  fault  of  the  compiler  and  pub- 
lisher that  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives is  not  represented  by  a  complete 
portrait  gallery.  Poverty  on  the  part 
of  those  whose  sketches  are  marked 
with  a  *  is  no  good  reason,  for  without 
exception,  almost,  the  biography  indi- 
cates a  degree  of  prosperity  above  the 
average  citizen  and  legislator. 


THE  PRESS  GALLERY. 

<«% 

Some  of  the  brightest  stars  in  the 
journalistic  firmament  have  sent  us 
as  "hot  stuff"  from  Springfield  as  they 
ever  will  send  in  this  world.  The 
writer's  experience  as  a  legislative 
correspondent  dates  from  the  session 
of  '83,  when  the  little  unpleasantness 
over  Mr.  Rook  and  the  passage  of  the 
Harper  High  License  Bill,  furnished 
gingery  sensations  for  weeks.  The 
next  legislature — that  of  '85 — contained 

101  democrats   and  E.  M.  Haines  and 

102  republicans,   and   the   correspond- 
ents wanted  plenty   of  space.     Guns, 
knives,  clubs  and  grim  death  were  only 
ordinary  diurnal  incidents  of  both  ses- 
sions  until   the   points   at  issue   were 
finally  adjusted.      The  meetings  in  '87 
and  '89  were  comparatively  peaceful, 
but  '91  was  hot  enough.      No  ordinary 
material  could  cope  with  the  events  of 
these  sessions  of  the  Illinois  General 
Assembly,  and  the  managing  editors 
appreciated  the  gravity  of  the  assign- 
ment   by    detailing    their    best    men. 
Among  others  who   have  burned   the 
wires  the  following  are  noted:     R.  W. 
Ransom,  now  night  editor  of  The  Tri- 
bune; V.  B.  Kelly,  lately  of  The  New 
York   Sun;    Charles   M.    Pepper,   now 
chief  of  the  Washington  staff  of  The 
Chicago    Tribune;    Walter    Wellman, 
now  chief  of  the  Washington   staff  of 
The  Chicago  Herald;  John  F.  Ballan- 
tyne,    afterwards  managing  editor  of 
The  Chicago  Herald  and  Daily  News; 
Charles    R.    Tuttle,     now     managing 
editor  of  The  Chicago  Dispatch;  Pho- 
cion  Howard  was  an  omnipresent  and 
indispensable     adjunct — peace   to    his 
weary   bones;    Brand   Whitlock,    now 
chief  clerk  of  the  index  department  of 
the    Secretary   of   State's   office;    Dan 
Ambrose,  now  running  a  paper  in  Mis- 
souri;   Iv.   W.    Busby,    now    assistant 
editor  on  The  Inter  Ocean;  E.  Iv.  Mer- 
ritt,  now  a  representative  in  the  house 
from  Sangamon  county;  Will  Connelly, 
now  owner  of  the  Danville  Daily  Press, 
and  others  whose  names  are  not  now 
recalled.     John  A.  Corwin,  on  duty  in 
'81-3  for  The  Times,  switched  to  The 
Herald,   and  finally  landed   with   The 
Tribune;  is  now  in  charge  of  that  jour- 
nal's legislative  bureau,  and  has  had 
it  for  several  sessions.      Mr.  Corwin  is 
the   oldest    correspondent   in  consecu- 
tive  service  with  the  Illinois  General 
Assembly.     T.  C.   MacMillan,  now  in 
charge  of  the   The  Inter  Ocean  staff, 
was  a  member  of  the  legislature  from 
'85  to   '91  inclusive.     J.  C.    Hollman's 


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LEGISLATIVE   SOUVKNIK. 


first  session  was  in  '83,  and  the  veteran 
W.  K.  Sullivan  has  represented  The 
Evening"  Journal  "off  and  on"  for 
many  years.  Sketches  of  late  arrivals 
and  several  old  friends  are  submitted 
below.  At  every  session  the  legislative 
press  gallery  has  been  filled  with  con- 
spicuously brig-ht,  able  and  untiring 
news-gatherers. 


MK.    HOLLMAN. 

HOLLMAN,  JOSEPH  C.,  in  charge 
of  The  Chicago  Record  Bureau  is  a  na- 
tive of  southwestern  Wisconsin,  and 
was  born  in  1846.  He  learned  the 
printer's  trade  in  a  country  newspa- 
per office,  and  with  the  exception  of  a 
brief  service  in  the  army,  has  been 
continuously  in  newspaper  work  since 
'60.  He  was  typo  and  telegraph  editor 
on  the  Milwaukee  Sentinel  from  '66  to 
'74,  and  then  accompanied  a  retiring 
proprietor  of  that  journal  to  Quincy, 
111.,  where,  during  fourteen  years,  he 
served  in  every  reportorial  and  edito- 
rial position  on  The  Daily  Whig. 
In  the  meantime  he  had  become 
familiar  with  legislation  and  politics 
in  Illinois,  representing  The  Chicago 
Tribune  in  the  lower  house  of  the 
general  assembly  in  '83  and  being 
in  attendance  upon  all  subsequent 
sessions.  In  '88  he  removed  to  Chicago 
and  became  a  reporter  on  The  Morn- 
ing News  —  now  The  Record  —  and  has 
since  reported  four  sessions  of  the 
legislature  for  it  and  has  done  state 
politics  during  the  campaigns. 

MACMILLAN,    THOMAS    c.,    in 

charge  of  The  Chicago  Inter  Ocean 
Bureau,  was  born  at  Stranraer,  Scot- 
land, Oct.  4,  1850,  and  in  '57  moved 
with  his  parents  to  Chicago,  where 
he  attended  the  public  schools  for 


a  time,  leaving  to  serve  as  an  ap- 
prentice to  a  machinist.  Poor  health 
compelled  him  to  abandon  this,  and 
he  returned  to  school,  graduating  from 
the  high  school.  Then  he  entered 
the  Chicago  University.  In  January, 
'73,  he  became  a  reporter  on  The 
Inttr  Ocean.  In  '75  he  went  as  cor- 
respondent of  that  paper  with  the 
Black  Hills  exploring  expedition,  and 
in  '75-6  he  represented  his  paper  with 
Gen.  Crook  in  his  campaign  against 
Sitting  Bull  and  his  hostile  Sioux.  In 
'78  he  made  an  extensive  tour  of  Eu- 
rope and  in  '80  succeeded  Robert  P. 
Porter  as  editor  of  "Our  Curiosity 
Shop,"  an  important  department  of 
The  Inter  Ocean.  In  '82  he  succeeded 
George  B.  Armstrong  as  city  editor, 
and  two  years  later  returned  to  the 
"Curiosity  Shop."  In  January,  '83  he 
married  Miss  Mary  C.  Goudie  of 
Na-au-say,  Kendall  "county.  He  has 
served  as  a  member  of  the  Cook 
County  Board  of  Education  for  three 
years  and  for  five  years  has  been  sec- 
retary and  director  of  the  Chicago 
Free  Kindergarten  association,  and  is 
also  a  director  of  the  American  Educa- 
tional Aid  association  of  Illinois;  was 
director  for  two  terms  in  the  Chicago 
Public  Library.  Mr.  MacMillan  was 
elected  to  the  house  in  '84  and  '86,  and 
advanced  to  the  senate  in  '88,  his  term 


MR.    MACMILLAN. 

expiring  in  '92;  he  was  named  by  the 
republicans  for  congress  last  year,  but 
was  defeated.  He  was  a  charter  mem- 
ber of  the  Chicago  Press  Club,  and  is 
first  vice  president  of  the  Illinois  St. 
Andrews  Society.  In  June,  '85,  Illi- 
nois College  at  Jacksonville  conferred 
on  him  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts. 
He  is  a  quiet,  but  energetic  worker. 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


9S 


BURDETT,  SAM  M.,  in  charg-e  of 
The  Chicago  Herald  Bureau,  was  born 
in  Boyle  county,  Kentucky,  February 
5,  1854.  He  studied  law  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  '76.  In  '78  he 
was  elected  prosecuting  attorney  of 
Rockcastle  county  in  his  native  state, 
holding  the  office  for  four  years. 
While  engag-ed  in  the  practice  of  law 
he  developed  a  taste  for  journalistic 
work,  which  he  cultivated  by  making 
occasional  contributions  to  the  col- 
umns of  The  Louisville  Courier- Jour- 
nal. In  '84  Mr.  Burdett  was  given  a 
position  by  Mr.  Henry  Watterson  on 
the  editorial  staff  of  The  Courier- 
Journal.  In  November,  '87,  he  was 
appointed  a  special  agent  of  the 
United  States  Internal  Revenue  de- 
partment under  President  Cleveland 
and  was  assigned  to  duty  in  the  north- 
west with  headquarters  at  Omaha.  He 
resigned  the  office  of  revenue  agent 
soon  after  the  accession  of  President 
Harrison  and  returned  to  Kentucky. 
March  24,  '90,  Mr.  Burdett  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Clara  B.  Russell,  daugh- 
ter of  A.  A.  Russell,  of  Massillon, 
Ohio.  Immediately  after  his  mar- 
riage he  went  with  his  wife  to  Denver, 
Col.,  where  they  resided  for  one  year, 
removing  to  Chicago  in  May,  '91.  In 
the  following  August  he  was  em- 
ployed as  an  editorial  writer  on  the 


MR.    BUKDETT. 


staff  of  The  Chicago  Herald,  and  last 
January  Mr.  Burdett  was  sent  to 
Springfield  and  placed  in  charge  of 
The  Herald's  legislative  bureau. 

GRAHAM,  WILLIAM  A.  S.,  in 
charge  of  The  Chicago  Times  Bureau, 
was  born  in  Newtownhamilton,  County 
Armagh,  Ireland,  Feb.  6,  1863,  and  re- 


ceived a  good  common  school  educa- 
tion. In  '79  he  came  to  America  and 
was  employed  as  office  boy  in  The 
Philadelphia  Press.  Subsequently  he 
became  a  copy-holder  and  graduated 
as  a  writer  under  the  tutelage  of  Maj. 
Moses  P.  Handy,  the  present  chief  of 
the  Bureau  of  Publicity  and  Promo- 
tion of  the  World's  Fair.  In  '82  he 


MR.    GRAHAM. 

went  to  Denver,  and  two  years  later 
moved  to  Chicag-o,  prior  to  the  demo- 
cratic national  convention  of  '84,  and 
has  been  doing  politics  for  Chicago- 
newspapers  ever  since.  He  was  with 
The  Times  in  '84;  The  Tribune  in  '89, 
reporting  the  legislative  session  that 
year,  and  on  the  adjournment  of  the 
legislature  was  made  secretary  of  the 
press  bureau  by  the  Chicago  newspa- 
pers, and  assigned  to  the  task  of  work- 
ing up  sentiment  through  the  press 
for  Chicago  as  the  world's  fair  city.. 
At  this  time  he  was  attacked  with 
typhoid  fever  and  nearly  died.  On 
recovering,  he  reported  the  special 
session  of  the  legislature  for  The 
Herald,  continuing  with  that  journal 
until  after  the  election  of  '90,  and  has 
since  been  with  The  Times.  He  had 
charge  of  the  legislative  bureau  of 
that  paper  in  '91,  and  in  the  campaign 
of  '92  was  a  very  valuable  and  discreet 
aid  to  Gov.  Altgeld  and  the  demo- 
cratic ticket.  His  labors  were  recog-- 
nized,  for  he  was  made  commissioner 
of  the  Illinois  &  Michigan  canal  by 
the  governor.  He  took  an  active  in- 
terest in  the  campaign  of  Carter  H. 
Harrison,  editor  of  The  Times,  for 
mayor  of  Chicago  this  spring-  and  was 
selected  as  private  secretary  to  the 
mayor  by  Mr.  Harrison,  a  position  for 
which  he  is  eminently  qualified. 


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Jan.  '88  he  was  married  to  Miss  Caro- 
line Brown,  of  Evanston,  and  they 
have  had  two  boys,  one  of  whom  is 
living-. 

SULLIVAN,  WILLIAM  K.,  in 
charge  of  The  Chicag-o  Evening  Jour- 
nal Bureau,  was  born  in  Waterford, 
Ireland,  Nov.  10,  1843.  He  was  edu- 


MK.    SULLIVAN. 

cated  at  the  Waterford  Model  School 
and  in  Dublin.  In  his  youth  he  was 
intended  for  a  Methodist  minister,  but 
he  preferred  to  seek  his  fortune  in 
America  and  in  another  pursuit.  He 
emigrated  in  '63,  and  his  career  for  a 
time  was  somewhat  varied.  He  served 
in  the  141st  111.  Inf.;  taught  school  for 
a  time  in  Kane  and  Kendall  counties; 
ran  an  engine  in  West  Virginia  dur- 
ing the  oil  excitement  there.  Then  he 
went  to  Europe,  and  when  he  returned 
stopped  in  New  York  for  a  time,  con- 
tributing to  Gen.  Halpin's  (Miles 
O'Reilly)  Citizen.  Then  he  read 
proof  and  became  a  reporter  on  the 
New  York  Sun  under  Moses  Beach, 
and  served  under  Charles  A.  Dana  be- 
fore he  returned  to  the  west  and  Chi- 
cago. He  was  first  connected  with 
The  Tribune,  and  afterwards  The 
Evening  Journal.  He  has  been  with 
this  reliable  chronicler  of  events  for 
eighteen  years  as  city  editor,  manag- 
ing editor  and  correspondent.  He  was 
a  representative  in  the  27th  General 
Assembly;  was  appointed  by  Mayor 
Colvin  on  the  Chicago  Board  of  Edu- 
cation, and  served  three  years,  two 
years  as  president  of  the  board;  was 
United  States  consul  to  the  Bermudas 
during  President  Harrison's  adminis- 
tration, and  resigned  in  Oct.  '92.  In 
'64  he  was  married  to  Miss  Amelia 
Shackelford,  of  Evanston,  and  has 


one  son  and  one  daughter.  Mr.  Sul- 
livan has  been  on  duty  at  every  Illi- 
nois legislative  assembly  for"  over 
twenty  years,  and  is  almost  as  well 
known  as  the  state  house  to  public 
men  of  both  parties. 

JONES,  ALEXANDER  J.,  in 
charge  of  the  Associated  Press  Bureau, 
was  born  in  Sangamon  Co.,  111.,  July  11, 
1860.  He  was  raised  on  a  farm,  and 
in  1877  entered  the  United  States 
Naval  Academy  at  Annapolis,  on  the 
nomination  of  Congressman  Wm.  M. 
Springer,  as  a  cadet  midshipman. 
After  one  year's  service  he  resigned 
and.  proceeding  to  London,  shipped 
aboard  a  merchant  vessel  as  seaman 
for  Australia.  He  spent  several 
months  in  Australia,  traversing  ex- 
tensively the  provinces  of  Victoria  and 
New  South  Wales.  Then  he  shipped 
at  Sydney  as  an  ordinary  seaman  on 
a  Bolivian  vessel  for  San  Francisco. 
After  two  years'  absence,  and  having 
sailed  around  the  world  as  sailor  before 
the  mast,  he  returned  to  Illinois,  and 
in  '80  began  teaching  school.  Three 
years  later  he  entered  the  newspaper 
business,  spending  two  years  in 
France  and  other  European  countries 
to  perfect  his  knowledge  in  literature 
and  acquire  proficiency  in  the  French 
language.  In  '84-5-6  he  was  employed 
successivel}'  on  The  New  York  Tribune, 
The  Chicago  Times  and  The  Chicago 


Inter  Ocean,  finally  going  to  Wash- 
ington as  clerk  of  the  Committee  on 
Claims  of  the  house  of  representatives. 
He  was  married  in  '85  to  Miss  Agnes 
S.  Chalmers,  of  Springfield,  111.,  and 
they  have  one  child,  a  boy.  In  '88  he 
was  appointed  by  President  Cleveland 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


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as  United  States  consul  at  Barran- 
quilla,  Colombia,  South  America  and 
held  this  office  until  the  expiration  of 
the  Cleveland  administration.  He 
then  returned  to  the  newspaper  pro- 
fession accepting  a  position  on  The 
Chicago  Times,  and  finally  became 
the  manager  of  the  Springfield  Legis- 
lative Bureau  of  the  Associated  Press 
in  '89.  For  the  past  four  years  he  has 
been  the  political  correspondent  of  the 
Associated  Press  and  has  reported 
nearly  all  the  great  events,  political 
and  otherwise,  in  the  United  States 
since  that  time,  including  the  Johns- 
town horror,  the  Cronin  trial,  the 
Homestead  riots,  many  state  conven- 
tions, and  three  national  conventions. 
During  the  sessions  of  the  last  con- 
gress he  represented  the  Associated 
Press  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  returning 
to  Springfield  every  alternate  year  to 
take  charge  of  the  Illinois  Legislative 
Bureau. 

FITZMAURICE,  D.  C.,  in  charge 
of  The  St.  Louis  Republic  Bureau  at 
the  sessions  of  '91-'93,  was  born  in 
Cincinnati,  May  12,  1855.  His  early 
education  was  in  the  schools  of  Illi- 
nois, at  Kansas  and  Charleston,  and 
completed  by  taking  the  full  course 
at  Hughes'  High  School,  Cincinnati. 
His  first  newspaper  work  was  on  The 
Cincinnati  Star,  then  a  new  daily  pa- 


per, since  consolidated  with  The 
Times.  Later  he  was  on  the  local 
staff  of  The  Cincinnati  Enquirer.  In 
June,  '76,  he  took  the  editorial  man- 
agement of  a  new  democratic  daily 
which  the  democrats  of  Alton  were 
anxious  to  establish  after  several  fail- 
ures by  men  who  have  since  become 


eminent  in  journalism,  politics  and 
commerce.  The  first  number  of  The 
Alton  Democrat  appeared  under  his 
management  June  17,  '76,  and  he  re- 
mained the  editor  of  the  paper  for 
twelve  years.  In  '88  he  contributed  a 
series  of  letters  to  The  St.  Louis  Re- 
public, developing  the  practical  oper- 
ation of  the  taxation  and  revenue  sys- 


MR.    KIDD. 

terns  of  Illinois.  After  the  close  of 
the  campaign  of  that  year  he  was  at- 
tached to  the  staff  of  The  Republic 
as  staff  correspondent.  In  that  capa- 
city he  has  seen  wide  and  varied  ser- 
vice in  all  parts  of  the  country. 

KIDD,  THOMAS  W.  S.,  editor  and 
proprietor  of  The  Daily  Monitor,  of 
Springfield,  was  born  in  New  Castle, 
Del.,  Oct.  22,  1828.  His  parents  were 
natives  of  Delaware,  but  of  Irish  de- 
scent. Both  Capt.  Kidd's  parents  died 
when  he  was  very  young,  and  he  was 
raised  by  an  aunt.  He  attended  school 
but  six  weeks  during  his  life.  In  '40 
the  family  moved  to  Philadelphia  and 
Thomas  served  two  years  as  errand  boy 
in  a  merchant  tailoring  establish- 
ment. Here  T.  S.  Arthur  and  other 
literary  celebrities  frequently  met  and 
young  Kidd  in  listening  to  their  con- 
versation first  conceived  the  idea  of 
learning  something  of  books  and  the 
world.  He  learned  the  trades  of  printer 
and  stereotyper  and  subsequently  that 
of  blacksmith  and  machinist,  and  was 
with  locomotive  builders  at  Wilming- 
ton until  '49,  when  he  removed  to- 
Chicago  and  took  charge  of  extensive 
iron  shops.  He  soon  tired  of  this  and 
accepted  a  place  as  traveling  agent 
for  an  agricultural  implement  firm, 
remaining  in  this  line  until  '57.  In. 


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February,  '56,  he  moved  to  Spring- 
field; in"'57  was  bailiff  in  the  U.  S. 
marshal's  office;  in  '58  was  elected 
coroner  and  appointed  deputy  sheriff; 
in  the  winters  of  '58-'59  and  '59-'60  he 
served  as  sheriff  of  the  Supreme 
Court;  in  '60  he  was  made  crier  of  the 
U.  S.  District  Court  by  Judge  Treat, 
which  he  held  until  '77;  he  was 
assessor  of  Springfield  for  fifteen 
years  and  collector  for  two  years;  in 
'58  he  read  law  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar.  He  established  the  Sanga- 
mo  Monitor  May  1,  '73  and  The 
Morning  Monitor  June  28,  '77.  In 
July,  '54,  he  married  Miss  Charlotte 
Janney,  of  Cecil  Co.,  Md.,  and  six 
children  have  been  born  to  them,  of 
whom  one — a  daughter— survives.  As 
a  writer  Capt.  Kidd  has  a  peculiar 
style  of  his  own.  He  uses  very  plain 
English  without  frills  and  everybody 
knows  what  he  means. 


DAVIS,  JOHN  McCAN,  in  charge 
of  The  St.  Louis  Globe-Democrat 
Bureau,  is  a  native  of  Fulton  County, 
this  state.  His  first  journalistic  expe- 
rience was  in  Canton,  111.,  where  he 
was  engaged  in  newspaper  work  for 
several  years.  He  came  to  Spring- 
field in  '88  and  connected  himself  with 
The  Illinois  State  Journal.  He  has 
been  in  charge  of  the  legislative  work 
of  The  Globe-Democrat  for  two  ses- 
sions— the  Thirty-seventh  and  Thirty- 
eighth  General  Assemblies.  Mr. 
Davis,  at  different  times,  has  repre- 
sented a  number  of  metropolitan  pa- 
pers at  the  state  capital,  being  now 
the  resident  correspondent  of  The 
Chicago  Times  and  several  eastern 
papers, including  The  New  York  World. 
He  represents  several  journals. 


MITCHELL,  HENRY  ROB  LY,  rep- 
resenting several  prominent  dailies, 
was  born  in  Illinois  and  was  educated 
as  a  practical  farmer.  He  entered 
the  United  States  service  at  the 


age  of  twenty  years,  and  since  the 
war  has  been  engaged  in  newspaper 
work  of  different  kinds.  For  the  past 
fifteen  years  he  has  been  connected 
with  The  Chicago  Inter  Ocean  most  of 
the  time,  and  has  been  a  reporter  in 
the  Illinois  legislature  since  the  mem- 
orable Logan-Morrison  contest  in  1885. 
VAUGHN,  JOHN  E.,  in  charge 
of  The  Springfield  Morning  Mon- 
itor, was  born  in  Belleville,  111., 
Sept.  17,  1870.  He  received  a  good 


MK.   VAUGIIN. 


common  school  education  in  the  Belle- 
ville schools.  He  came  to  Springfield 
about  six  years  ago,  and  began  on  The 
Monitor  as  police  and  justices'  courts 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVKNIK . 


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reporter,  and  made  this  department  of 
The  Monitor  a  feature  of  the  paper. 
He  reported  the  legislature  of  '91  and 
was  assigned  to  "do"  the  state  conven- 
tions and  local  and  state  politics  for 
Capt.  Kidd's  aggressive  journal.  He 
did  his  work  well,  and  is  a  reliable  and 
able  reporter  and  writer.  He  is  the 
youngest  correspondent  in  charge  of 
the  work  for  any  newspaper  this  ses- 
sion. The  Monitor  publishes  the  best 
and  most  comprehensive  reports  of  the 
legislative  proceedings  of  any  local 
paper. 

PICKERING,  JOHN  L,.,  of  Spring- 
field, who  has  represented  various 
metropolitan  papers  during  legislative 
sessions,  and  is  the  compiler  of  this 
book,  was  born  near  Neoga,  111.,  Sept. 
12,  1860,  and  spent  his  boyhood  in 
Arcola.  In  '75  he  was  train  boy  on 
the  Illinois  Central,  and  afterwards 
switched  to  the  position  of  brakeman 


MR.   PICKERING. 

on  a  freight  train,  which  he  followed 
a  year  or  more.  He  started  to  learn 
the  printer's  trade  when  10  years 
old,  and  in  '78  quit  railroading  for  a 
"slug"  in  The  Peoria  National  Demo- 
crat office,  attending  the  Peoria  high 
school  at  the  same  time.  In  '80-'82  he 
solicited  subscribers  for  The  Chicago 
Herald  throughout  the  northwest,  and 
worked  as  news  compositor  in  the 
same  office.  Reported  the  legislature 
of  '83  and  '85  for  The  Springfield  Reg- 
ister, and  was  telegraph  editor  of  the 
same  paper  for  several  years.  In  '87 
he  established  in  Springfield  a  polit- 
ico-society weekly,  The  Capital  Idea, 
which  he  conducted  for  three  years, 
and  then  sold  it.  He  has  contributed 
letters  on  Illinois  politics  since  '84  to 
The  Herald,  The  Times,  The  Republic 


and  The  Tribune;  during  the  cam- 
paigns of  '86,  '88  and  '90  was  con- 
nected with  The  Herald  and  The 
Republic,  and  was  with  The  Tribune 
in  '92;  was  on  The  Times  staff  during 
the  sessson  of  '91,  and  wont  on  the 
Washington  staff  of  that  paper  in 
Dec.  '91.  He  is  a  practical  printer  in 
all  departments.  In  Dec.  '83,  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Etta  Rountree,  of  Nashville, 
111.,  and  they  have  three  children,  a 
boy  and  two  girls. 

GRAIN  INSPECTION. 


In  '71  the  legislature  passed  laws 
providing  for  state  inspection  of  grain 
in  Chicago  and  placing  it  under  the 
supervision  of  the  railroad  and  ware- 
house commission.  The  grain  inspec- 
tion and  warehouse  registrar  depart- 
ments of  Chicago  were  organized  in 
July,  '71,  and  since  then  the  following 
have  been  chief  inspectors:  W.  F. 
Tompkins,  W.  H.  Harper,  J.  C.  Smith, 
J.  P.  Reynolds,  P.  Bird  Price  and 
George  P.  Bunker.  The  chief  inspector 
is  appointed  by  the  governor.  The 
registrar  is  appointed  by  the  railroad 
and  warehouse  commission,  and  the 
following  have  filled  the  office  since 
'71:  Stephen  Clary,  T.  H.  Tyndale,  B. 
F.  Culver,  H.  S.  Dean,  P.  Bird  Price, 
J.  W.  Burst,  J.  M.  Turnbull  and  Louis. 
Wagner.  Messrs.  Bunker  and  Wag- 
ner are  the  only  officers  of  democratic 
faith  that  ever  filled  these  positions. 
Although  new  to  the  duties  they  have 
given  satisfactory  evidence  of  the  wis- 
dom of  Gov.  Altgeld  in  selecting  them. 

BUNKER,  GEORGE  P.,  Chief  Grain 
Inspector,  although  active  in  politics 
for  a  number  of  years,  is  a  successful 
business  man.  For  fifteen  years  he 
has  been  a  manufacturer  of  vinegar 
and  pickles.  In  all  the  political  cam- 
paigns in  Chicago  during  the  last 
seven  years  he  has  been  a  member  of 
the  executive  committee  of  the  county 
central  committee,  in  every  case  acting 
as  treasurer.  The  only  political  posi- 
tion he  has  held  was  that  of  alderman 
from  the  Eighth  ward.  He  was  for 
two  years  in  the  council  and  two  years 
ago  refused  the  office  for  a  second 
term.  Mr.  Bunker  was  born  in  Frank- 
lin county,  New  York,  forty-three  years 
ago  and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  moved 
to  Chicago.  The  second  day  after  his 
arrival  he  became  a  conductor  on  the 
West  Division  railway  and  remained 
there  about  a  year.  He  then  secured 


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employment  with  William  Goldie  & 
Co.,  contractors,  and  was  with  that 
firm  five  years,  when  he  embarked  in 
the  pickle  and  vinegar  business.  His 
abilities  as  a  business  man  are  unques- 


GEO.    P.    BUNKER. 

tioned,  and  while  in  the  council  he 
served  his  ward  and  the  city  well.  Mr. 
Bunker  is  a  member  of  the  Iroquois 
Club,  and  the  Cook  County  Democracy 
and  Marching  Club. 

WAGNER,  LOUIS,  Warehouse  Reg- 
istrar, was  born  in  Watertown,  Wis., 
Jan.  28,  1858,  and  has  lived  in  Chicago 
since  '66.  He  was  educated  at  North- 
western University,  Watertown,  at 
Concordia  Gymnasium,  Fort  Wayne, 
graduating  in  '76,  and  at  Concordia 


LOUIS  WAGNER. 


(Saxon)  University,  St.  Louis,  gradu- 
ating in  '79.  He  has  been  editor  of 
German  daily  papers  in  St.  Louis  and 
Chicago  for  ten  years.  In  '90  he  was 


nominated  for  the  state  senate  by  the 
democrats  of  the  Seventh  district,  and 
was  defeated  by  only  833  votes,  al- 
though his  opponent  was  a  prominent 
republican,  and  had  been  elected  in 
'86  by  a  majority  of  over  2,300.  Mr. 
Wagner  made  a  tour  of  the  state  last 
year,  speaking  at  forty-five  places  in 
English,  German  and  Low  German, 
for  the  democratic  ticket.  He  devoted 
himself  principally  to  exposing  the 
iniquities  of  the  Edwards  Compulsory 
School  Law,  and  is  the  author  of  the 
pamphlet,  "A  Brief  History  of  the 
Edwards  Law,"  a  tract  that  provoked 
a  great  deal  of  newspaper  controversj% 
and  was  circulated  as  a  campaign  doc- 
ument. He  was  appointed  warehouse 
registrar  March  13,  1893,  a  selection 
that  was  well  received  in  the  state. 


OTOGRAPIIER  ANDERSON. 


ANDERSON,  L.  S.,  the  well  known 
Springfield  photographer,  was  born  in 
Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.,  April  30,  1847,  and 
received  a  good  common  school  educa- 
tion. He  came  to  Northern  Illinois 
with  his  parents  in  '52,  and  spent  most 
of  his  time  until  '67  in  Rockford,  where 
he  learned  his  profession.  He  com- 
menced business  in  '69  and  has  had  a 
very  successful  experience.  He  estab- 
lished a  studio  in  Springfield  in  '74, 
and  in  '84  was  compelled  to  remove  to 
larger  quarters — to  his  present  loca- 
tion, north  side  of  the  square — on 
account  of  increased  business.  He  has 
negatives  for  every  legislator  since 
and  including  '85,  when  he  made  the 
Logan  "103"  group  under  contract  with 
that  statesman's  friends.  He  keeps  up 
with  the  latest  improvements  in  his 
line,  and  that  insures  him  the  best 
trade. 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


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SPECIAL  COMMITTEES. 


Joint  committee  to  investigate  the 
"sweat  shop"  evil — Senators  Noonan 
(chairman),  Mahoney  and  Chapman; 
Representatives  O'Donnell,  Dearborn, 
Deneen  and  May. 

Joint  committee  to  investigate  the 
Whisky  Trust  —  Senators  Salomon 
(chairman),  Evans  and  Mahoney;  Rep- 
resentatives Smith  of  Livingston,  Mc- 
Inerney,  Carlin,  Paddock  and  Cherry. 

Joint  committee  to  ascertain  what 
additional  accommodations  are  needed 
for  the  Appellate  Court,  First  district 
— Senators  Johnson  (chairman),  O'Mal- 
ley  and  Humphrey;  Representatives 
Donnelly,  Mclnerney  and  O'Connell. 

Senate  committee  to  investigate 
charges  against  the  former  manage- 
ment of  the  Joliet  penitentiary — Sen- 
ators Green  (chairman),  O'Conor, 
Allen,  Arnold,  Manecke,  Bacon  and 
Howell. 

Senate  committee  to  investigate  the 
School  Book  and  School  Furniture 
Trusts — Senators  Arnold  (chairman), 
Noonan,  Ford,  O'Malley,  Ferguson, 
Mussett  and  Humphrey. 

House  committee  to  investigate  the 
"Big  Four"  railroad  wreck  at  Wann — 
Representatives  Fowler  (chairman), 
McMillan,  Snyder,  Baldwin, Caughlan, 
Fletcher,  Snedeker. 


HOLD=OVER  SENATORS. 

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The  following  state  senators  were 
elected  in  1892  and  hold  over  during 
the  session  of  1895: 

Aspinwall,  rep.,  Stephenson. 

Barnes,  dem.,  Marshall. 

Bartling,  dem.,  Cook. 

Berry,  rep.,  Hancock. 

Bogardus,  rep.,  Ford. 

Brands,  dem.,  Randolph. 

Campbell,  dem.,  Hamilton. 

Coon,  rep.,  Lake. 

Craig,  dem.,  Coles. 

Dunlap,  rep.,  Champaign. 

Evans,  rep.,  Kane. 

Ford,  dem.,  Clinton. 

Green,  dem.,  Alexander. 

Hamer,  rep.,  Fulton. 

Higbee,  dem.,  Pike. 

Howell,  rep.,  McLean. 

Hunter,  rep.,  Winnebago. 

Johnson,  dem.,  Cook. 

Leeper,  dem.,  Cass. 

Letourneau,  rep.,  Kankakee. 

Mussett,  rep.,  Edwards. 

Niehaus,  dem.,  Peoria. 


Paisley,  dem.,  Montgomery. 

Salomon,  dem.,  Cook. 

Wall,  dem.,  Macoupin. 

The  re-apportionment  of  senatorial 
districts  will  not  affect  the  position  of 
the  above  senators.  They  are  all  from 
even-numbered  districts,  and  are  di- 
vided politically  14  democrats  and  11 
republicans. 


MEMBERS  RETURNED. 

^ 

The  following  members  of  the  pres- 
ent General  Assembly  were  members 

of  the  legislature  of  1891: 

Senators — 

Berry,  Green, 

Bogardus,  Hamer, 

Campbell,  Higbee, 

Craig,  Hunt, 

Evans,  Leeper. 

Representatives — 

Anderson,  J.  O.,  Mclnerney, 

Armstrong,  May, 

Barton,  Merritt, 

Beals,  Meyer,  Ernst, 

Berry,  Myers, 

Bryan,  Nohe, 

Burke,  O'Connell, 

Callahan,  O'Donnell, 

Carmody,  O'Loughlin, 

Carson,  Paddock, 

Cherry,  Payne, 

Conway,  Preston, 

Crafts,  Reed, 

Dearborn,  Rohrer, 

Donnelly,  Smith,  J.  A., 

Duncan,  Smith,  W.  S., 

Ellsworth,  Spellman, 

Erickson,  Straight, 

Farrell,  Stringer, 

Ferns,  Talbot, 

Forsythe,  Thiemann, 

Griggs,  Tice, 

Hawley,  Warder. 

Hopkins,  Watson, 

Kelly,  Wilke, 

Kwasigroch,  Wilson,  J.  P., 

Lyman,  Wiwi, 
McCrone,  —65. 


This  is  the  first  General  Assembly 
since  that  of  1881  that  has  not  chosen 
a  United  States  Senator.  Shelby  M. 
Cullom  was  elected  in  1883  to  succeed 
David  Davis.  John  A.  Logan  was 
elected  in  1885  to  succeed  himself  after 
a  four  months'  battle  royal  with  -Wm. 
R.  Morrison.  In  1887  Charles  B.  Far- 
well  was  chosen  to  succeed  Gen.  Logan 
who  died  in  1886.  Senator  Cullom  was 
re-elected  in  1889,  and  in  1891  John  M. 
Palmer  broke  the  republican  record. 


102  LEGISLATIVE    SOUYENIK. 


STATE  OFFICERS. 

Governor John  P.  Altgeld,  Dem.,  Chicago 

Lieutenant=Qovernor Joseph  B.  Gill,  Dem.,  Murphysboro 

Secretary  of  State William   H.  Hinrichsen,  Dem.,  Jacksonville 

State  Treasurer Rufus  N.  Ramsay,  Dem.,  Carlyle 

Attorney  General flaurice  T.  flaloney,  Dem.,  Ottawa 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction Henry  Raab,  Dem.,  Belleville 

Auditor  of  Public  Accounts David  Gore,  Dem.,  Carlinville 

Private  Secretary  to  Governor Wm.  F.  Dose,  Dem.,  Chicago 


SENATE  OFFICERS  AND  EMPLOYES. 

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PRESIDENT JOSEPH  B.  GILL,  Murphysboro 

PRESIDENT  PRO  TEM JOHN  W.  COPPINGEK,  Alton 

SECRETARY FINIS  E.  DOWNING,    Virginia 

First  Assistant E.  P.   Kimball,  Virden 

Second  Assistant R.  S.  Bayne,  Varna 

Reading-  Clerk Mrs.  Phocion  Howard,  Danville 

President's  Private  Secretary C.  D.  Tufts,  Centralia 

Enrolling-  and  Engrossing-  Clerk Fred  J.  Kern,  Belleville 

First  Assistant Harvey  J.  Jones,  Carlyle 

Second  Assistant Gerhart  Weber,  Hillsboro 

Sergeant-at-Arms ...  .Robert  H.  Davis,  Carrollton 

First  Assistant Edwin  Bowen,  Decatur 

Second  Assistant Robert  Welch,  Chicago 

Chaplain Rev.  Dr.  F.  W.  Taylor,  Springfield 

Postmaster Mrs.  M.  O'Conner,  Springfield 

Assistant  Postmaster Miss  Mary  Turner,  Mattoon 

Superintendent  of  Ventilation J.  E.  Judy 

Assistant W.  H.  Duckstein,  Springfield 


HOUSE  OFFICERS  AND  EMPLOYES. 

SPEAKER CLAYTON  E.  CRAFTS,  Chicago 

CLERK ROB'T  W.  Ross,  Vandalia 

First  Assistant   W.  E.  Handy,  Tolono 

Second  Assistant.  ...          W.  B.  Morris,  Golconda 

Third  Assistant James  E.  Vail,  Macomb 

Bill  Clerk H.  B.  Lichtenberger,  Freeport 

Custodian  of  Printed  Bills Chas.  T.  Bouillon,  Carlinville 

Doorkeeper E.  S.  Browne,  Mendota 

First  Assistant .  .John  N.  Summers,  Chicago 

Second  Assistant John  McDarrah,  Rock  Island 

Third  Assistant B.  W.  Rives,  Kankakee 

Enrolling  and  Engrossing  Clerk A.  E.  Simonson,  Dixon 

First  Assistant Adam  Gard,  Marshall 

Second  Assistant Louis  I.  Hutchins,  Keithsburg 

Postmaster Miss  Mollie  McCabe,  Springfield 

Asssistant. .  .    Miss  Kathryn  Gallagher,  Springfield 

Chaplain Rev.  Joseph  Hawkins,  Lincoln 

Speaker's  Private  Secretary Will  E.  McGurren,  Chicago 

Press  Messenger George  R.  Berriman,  Springfield 

Superintendent  of  Ventilation Theodore  Adelman,  Alton 

Chief  Page Phocion  Howard,  Jr.,  Danville 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


103 


NAFEW,  JOHN  A.,  chief  clerk  of 
the  St.  Nicholas  Hotel,  and  one  of  the 
most  popular  and  best  known  men  in 
Illinois,  was  born  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Sept. 
17,  1837,  and  is  the  oldest  son  of  John 


S.  and  Mary  H.  (Weaver)  Nafew.  He 
received  a  common  school  education, 
and  began  life  as  a  druggist  in  Albany, 
continuing  it  for  four  years.  In  '55  he 
moved  to  Chicago,  and  soon  afterwards 


to  Wisconsin,  where  he  clerked  in  a 
hotel  for  a  year.  For  three  years  he 
was  clerk  of  the  old  Pike  House,  Bloom- 
ington,  111.,  and  in  '60  he  entered  the 
office  of  the  St.  Nicholas,  at  Spring- 
field, remaining  until  '65,  when  he  was 
made  general  ticket  agent  of  the  Jef- 
fersonville  railroad.  In  two  years  he 
returned  to  the  St.  Nicholas,  and  then 
took  charge  of  the  American  House, 
which  he  ran  acceptably  for  three 
years,  and  returned  to  the  old  reliable 
St.  Nicholas,  where  he  has  been  ever 
since.  In  '63  he  married  Miss  E. 
Frank  Mclntire,  of  Springfield,  and 
one  daughter  has  been  born  to  them. 
He  is  a  Royal  Arch  Chapter  Mason; 
was  master  workman  in  Lodge  37,  A. 
O.  U.  W.,  for  two  years  and  has  been 
a  member  of  the  Hotel  Men's  associa- 
tion for  years.  December  17,  '92,  his 
friends  among  the  traveling  public  and 
guests  of  the  St.  Nicholas  compli- 
mented his  uniform  courtesy  and 
efforts  to  please  by  tendering  him  a 
complimentary  banquet,  at  which  he 
was  presented  with  a  handsome  watch 
charm  of  virgin  gold,  in  tablet  form, 
with  large  star  set  in  diamonds.  On 
the  tablets  were  engraved  the  names 
of  about  fifty  friends  of  Mr.  Nafew. 


MAIN    DINING    ROOM,    ST.    NICHOLAS    HOTEL. 


104 


LEGISLATIVE   SOrVKNIK. 


ITALIAN    MARBLE   STATUE,  CUT   FKOM   PHOTO,    BY    KICHTEK 
£    DOLAND,    ARTISTIC    MONUMENTS,    SPRINGFIELD. 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


105 


THE   CAPITOL. 


106 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


107 


THE    LINCOLN    MONUMENT. 


108 


LKC.ISLATIVK   SOUVEXIK. 


OUTFITTKRS   TO    THK    STATKSMKX    OF   ILLINOIS. 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


109 


EXECUTIVE   MANSION — GOV.    AI/TGELD'S   RESIDENCE. 


THE    LINCOLN   HOME. 


110 


LEGISLATIVE   SOU VK-N I K . 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


Ill 


I,KG IS IyATIVE    SOUVKXIK. 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


113 


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COOK  COUNTY 
Districts: 


LAY    \\     R1CHLAND      LAWRENCE 


ist,  2d,  3d,  4th, 
5th,  6th,  yth  pth, 
nth,  I3th,  i5th, 
i7th,  i9th,  2ist, 
23d. 


SENATORIAL  DISTRICTS 

AS  FIXED  BY  THE 

GENERAL  ASSEMBLY 

OF      1893 


LEGISLATIVE   SOUVENIR. 


115 


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STATE  OFFICERS— 

Altgeld,  John  P 4 

Gill,  Joseph  B 5 

Hinrichsen,  William  H 6 

Maloney,  Maurice  T 9 

Raab,  Henry 8 

Ramsay,  Rufus  N.  . 7 

THE  SENATE— 

Davis,  Robert  H.,  Sergeant-at-Arms 17 

Downing,  Finis  E.,  Secretary \ .  .  .  .  17 

Taylor,  Rev.  Dr.  F.  W.,  Chaplain ; 38 

Senators,  arranged  alphabetically,  beginning 18 

THE  HOUSE— 

Browne,  Edgar  S.,  Doorkeeper 42 

Crafts,  Clayton  E. ,  Speaker 39 

Ross,  Robert  W.,  Clerk 41 

Representatives,  arranged  alphabetically,  beginning 42 

OTHEK  SKETCHES — 

Freeman,  Norman  L-,  Reporter  Supreme  Court 11 

Hereford,  Arthur  L.,  Printer  Expert 15 

Jones,  George  W.,  Clerk  Appellate  Court 12 

Orendorff,  Alfred,  Adjutant  General 10 

Paddock,  James  H.,  Ex-Secretary  Railroad  Commissioners 15 

Snively,  Ethan  A.,  Clerk  Supreme  Court 12 

RAILROAD  AND  WAREHOUSE  COMMISSIONERS — 

Cantrell,  William  S.,  Chairman  of  Board 13 

Gahan,  Thomas 14 

Lape,  Charles  F 13 

Yantis,  John  W.,  Secretary 14 

Bunker,  George  P.,  Chief  Grain  Inspector 99 

Wagner,  Louis,  Registrar 100 

THE  PRESS  GALLERY — 

Burdett,  Sam.  M 95 

Davis,  J.   McCan 98 

Hollman ,  J.  C 94 

Fitzmaurice,  D.  C 97 

Graham,  W.  A.   S 95 

Jones,  A.  J 96 

Kidd,  T.  W.  S 97 

MacMillan,  T.  C 94 

Mitchell,  H.  R 98 

Pickering,  J.   L 99 

Sullivan,  W.  K 96 

Vaughn,  J.  E 98 

MATTERS  OF  INTEREST — 

Brief  mention  of  past  newspaper  correspondents 93 

Hold-over  Senators 101 

House  officers,  List  of 102 

List  of  Chief  Grain  Inspectors  and  Registrars 99 

Map  showing  new  senatorial  districts 114 

Members  Returned  in  1892 101 

Representatives,  compensation,  etc 41 

Special  Committees,  Joint  and  Senate  and  House 101 

Senate  officers,  List  of 102 

Senators,  compensation,   etc    17 

State  officers,  List  of 102 

Steering  committees,  Senate  and  House 41 

The  general  assembly,  facts  in  regard  to .    .    17 


